The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-08

Ter Nv tile city W Baltimore, or any coun-
| ty OF this State, ain herein before provided
the Mayor OF Baltimore and City Council
Sounc hi of said county. subject to the
Constitution and Public General Laws OK
this State shall have. full power to en-
Guiding the power TO repeal or amend
Local Laws Of said city Of county enact
cd By the General Assembly. upon all
granted as above provided; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be con
County Council Of any county in this
State to enact laws or regulations for any
incorporated town. village, Ok municipal
IN " f fhe powers SORes granted to said town
village or municipality BY the Act incor-
porating 1t, Or any subsequent Act or
ho eSS thai the charters for the various
counties shall provide that the County
Council Or the counties shall not sit more
than one month I'm each year tor the
purpose of enacting legislation shall be
enacted during the month 50 designated
for that, purpose in TIE charter, and all
published once n week for three success
sive weeks TIA Ak least one newspaper
published LII ,surl counties, NO that me
taxpayers and citizens may hsvc notice
thereof. This provision shall not apply
eTacted- IVY the Mayor on Baltimore and
;,ity Council of the City OF Baltimore or
fhe Council OF the counties, ~ hereinbe-
fore provided. shall he subject 10 tile
same rules w Interpretation as those
now applicable to the Public Local Laws
conflict between said Local LAW ana Any
Public General law now or hereafter en-
acted. the Public General Law shall con-
troll
Sec T. From ana after TIN adoption W
i charter under tile provisions or this
Article by tile. City OF Baltimore or any
county of this State no Public Local Law
shall be enacted BY the General Assembly
for said city or county or any subject
above provided. Any law so drawn as IN
apply to the two or more OF the geo
graphical sub divisions on this state shall
not be deemed n Local Law. within tne
meaning of this Act. The term geo
graphical subdivision" herein used shall
be taken ~ mean the City OF Baltimore
or any of the counties of this State
Sec. D. Amendments 10 any charter
adopted by the City or Baltimore or by
any county on this State under the pro,
visions of this Article may be proposed
by resolution of the Mayor Of Balti-
more and the city Council on said City on
Baltimore Or the Council of said county,
or by a petition signed by not less than
20 per cent Of the registered voters or
said city OF county, provided, however;
be sufficient to complete petition, and
filed with the Mayor OF Baltimore or the
President OF the County Council, and
when 20 proposed shall be submitted ~
the voters of said city or county at the
next General " Congressional election
occurring after the passage OF said reso-
luton, the hling OF said petition, and
if az said election the majority or the
votes cast for and against said amend
ment shall be in favor thereof. said
amendment shall be adopted and become
a part Of the charter of said city OF
county from ana after the, thirtieth day
after said election. Said amendments
shall be published BY said Mayor o.
Baltimore or President or the County
Council once week for five. successive
10 said ALA ion in nt ozf
one newspaper published in said city OF
zee. O. The power heretofore conferred
upon the General Assembly to prescribe
the number. compensation, powers and
duties or the County Commissioners In
each ,S county. ana the power to to-, make
Article II Of this Constitution, when
expressly granted as hereinbefore pro
voters Of each county and the voters y
City Of Baltimore, respectively, provided
that said powers 80 transferred shall be
exercised only by the adoption or amend
vided further that this Article shall not
be construed to authorize the exercise OF
by the Legislature upon said counties q
See II. The word Petition as used
in this Article. means one or more
ten and partly printed; signature
means the signature of registered voter
WEiLLbn ny nlnShll III nlS OMn ndnuhElL-
ing (and. net by his mark, together with
/. the ward or district and precinct in
I which he is registered. The authenticity
I of such signatures and the fact that the
! persons SO signing are registered voters
! shall be evidenced by the affidavit OF
one or more registered voters of the city
or county in which said voters so signing
| are registered and one affidavit may APP
| ply. to cover any number of signatures to
such petition. The false signing of any
name, or the signing Of any fictitious
, name to said petition shall BE- forgery,
and the making or any false affidavit In
| connection with said petition shall be
See y. And be II further enacted Ivy
! the authority aforesaid. That the afore-
. amendment to the, Constitution shall be
ut the next General Election for Members
VI the General Assembly held in this
, State, submitted 20 the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, for their adoption OF
rejection III pursuance Of the directions
contained in Article NNi Of Che Constitn-
ton OF this State, and NJ the said gen
eral election the vote oI said proposed
amendment TO the Constitution shall be
by ballot; and upon each ballot shall be
|, printed the words For the Constitution
III Amendment and Against tile Con
stitutional Amendment" as now provid-
ed by law, and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the
Governor o. the. vote FOR and against said
proposed amendment MS directed hy the
said Fourteenth Article Of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 1Gth. 1914.
CHAPTER 453.
An Act TO propose an amendment to
Article I'LL. Of the Constitution Of the
State Of Maryland, by adding U new See
ton, To Ue known as Section Co. and TO
provide for the submission of said
Amendment TO the qualified voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection.
See. I. BIZ III enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three ffths of all
the Members Of each Of the two Houses
concurring), That the following new sec
as an amendment to Article Ill, title,
Legislative Department Of the Consti-
tuition or the State OF Maryland, the
same TO be inserted after Section. 30 and
to be known as Section CO.; and II adopt
! ed By the legally qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided, said Section shall be-
come q part of Article HI of the COnsti-
tuition Of Maryland.
Section GO. The General Assembly or
Maryland shall have the power TO provide
by suitable general enactment (al for the
suspension Of sentence BY the Court In
criminal cases; (b) for any form of In
and (c) for the release upon parole i'm
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe, OF conYicts imprisoned
under sentence for crimes.
Sec. o And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. That the said
amendment to the Constitution shall at
the next ensuing general election, to be
held on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month OF November 1915,
be submitted TO the legal and qualified
voters of Maryland for their adoption or
contained III Article Ia or the Constitution
of This State. and MT fhp Glfn pfnprfnn tho