The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-10-09

not more than half shall be residents OF
Baltimore City, or of any one county;
provided that any public local law for
any one county or the City of Baltimore
shall be referred by the Secretary OF
state only to the people of said county
or City of Baltimore, upon a referendum
petition of 10 per cent of the qualified
voters of said county or City of Da,tl-
more, as the case may be, calculated
upon the whole number of votes cast
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
(b) If more than one-half, but less than
the full number of signatures required
to complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the General
Assembly. be filed with Secretary of
State before the first day of June, the
time for the law to take effect. and for
filing the remainder of signatures to
complete the petition shall be extended
to the thirtieth day of the same month
with like effect.
Section 4. A petition may consist of
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain the full text of the Act or part of
Act petitioned upon; and there sha | be
attached to each such paper an affidavit
of the person procuring the signatures
thereon that of the said PERSONS own
personal knowledge every signature
thereon is genuine and bona fde, and
that the signers are registered voters OF
the State of Maryland, and of the City
of Baltimore, or county, as the case
may be, as set opposite their names.
and no other verifcation shall be re-
quired.
Section 5 (a). The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text OF all measures 10
be voted upon by the people: provided,
that until Otherwise provided by law the
same shall be published in the manner
prescribed by Article XIV of the Con-
stitution for the publication of PROPOSED
Constitutional Amendments.
90 All laws referred under the pro-
visions vi TINS Article SHAH be submit
tea separately ON the ballots to the yol-
ers OF the peopIe, but il containing more
than two nunured words, the fun text
Shall not DC printed on the official bal
lots, but Inc SECRETARY OF State snail pre-
pare and submit ballot title of eacn
such measure IN sucn form as to pre-
sent the purpose OF said measure con-
clsely ana lnlenigenty. The ballot title
may be uisdnCt from the leg - awe IL
tie but III ANY case the Legislative title
Shall be suh4CIent. Upon eacn "a the BAL
lots, lOnOmlLs the DdlIot title or text,
as the Cdse may De, OF eacn Sucn meas
ure, there snan be printed the words
For the referred law and "Agains, tAe
iSiCA4Iu Jaw cS Tie Ease MAY Dc. Inc
votes cast Tor and against any such re-
ferred law sndll be returned TO the Gov
erhor III the manner prescribed with re-
speCt to proposed amendments to the
Constitution under Article XIV or this
Constitution, and the Governor shall pro-
clam the result of the election, anu, II
1t shall appear that the majority OF the
votes cast on any such measure were cast
in favor thereof the Governor shall b,
his proclamation declare the same hay
ing received majority of the votes to
have been adopted by the people OF
Maryland as u part of the laws OF the
State, 10 take effect thirty days ate.
such election, and in like manner and
with like effect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
to any Public Local Law which shall
have been Submitted to the voters OF
any county or the City of Baltimore
Section .. No law or Constitutions.
Amendment, licensing, regulating pro-
hibting, or submitting to local option
the manufacture or sale OF malt or spr
ituous liquors, shall be referred or re-
pealed under any Act of the provisions
of this Article.
Section ?. And be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Mary land, That the
foregoing Article hereby proposed as all
amendment to the Constitution of this
State. at the next General Election for
Members of the General Assembly to be
held in this State, shall be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters Thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance
of the directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution OF this State
and that at such general election the
vote upon said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot and
upon each ballot there shall be print ed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Cunstl-
tutional Amendment" as prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said e.,clion
due returns snail be made to the Gov
ernor Of the vote for and against said
amendment as directed by the said Ar.
ticle XIV of the Constitution.
1 Approved April 10th, 1914.