The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-28

| Baltimore City. or of any one county.
provided that any public local law for
any one county or the City of Baltim ore
shall be referred by the Secretary of
| State only TO the people of said county
| or City of Baltimore, upon referendum
/ petition of 10 per cent of the qualified
voters of said county or City of BATH
more, as the case may be, calculated
| upon the whole number of votes cas-
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
CD 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
| Ming the remainder of signatures 10
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 fide, 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-
CURED
| Section 5 (a). The General Assembly
Shall provide Tor 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 AIV of the Con-
sttutlon Tor the publication of proposed
| Constitutional Amendments.
% All laws referred under the pro-
visions VI inns Article SHAH be submit
| tea separately on the ballots to the VOL
ers OF the peopie, but IL containing more
than Two incurred words, the fun text
snail not De printed on the UIhcIal DaI-
lois, but tHr SECRETARY OF State snail pre-
pare and suDmit ballot tide OF eatn
sucn measure III sucn form to pre-
sent the purpose OIL said measure coz
cisely ana Ih.el.lsently. The ballot tile
may be u.sIlnct from the lel.s.a,i,l Ii
tie, but ia any case the les4sI.,4,e ll.s
sHdI De suIILlcnt. Upon GacI InG U4I-
lOls, loIIOM'IA the DeIioI title Ur text
as the Ce'sr may be, Oh each sucn meas
ure, there sI.,.h he printed the words
II OF Ing re1erfsd lay and Ag aims, the
referred law, as the case may o.. me
votes cast lur and against any sucn re-
ferreu law small be returned To the Low
erhur III the manner prescribed with re-
speCt to proposed amendments to tn.
Constitution uIsutr Article XIV OF this
Constitution, ana the Governor shall pro-
claim the result OF the election, anu If
II shall appear that the majority OF the
votes cast on any sucn measure were cast
in favor thereof, the Governor shall b.
his proclanidtlon declare the same hav-
ing received majority of the votes TO
nave been adopted by the peop.e OF
Maryland as part OF the laws OF the
State, TO take effect thirty days ate.
such election, and in like manner aid
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 constitutional
Amendment, licensing, regulating pro-
hibiting, or submitting to local option,
the Manufacture or sale OF matt or spIr-
ituOus IiQuDIS, snail be referred or re-
pealed under any Act OF the provis.oAs
OF this Article.
Section . And be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Mary and, That TIE
foregoing Article hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF this
State, at the next General Election for
Members OF the General Assembly to be
held in this State, snail be submitted to
the legal and quaitied-v voters thereo., 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- printed
the words For the Constitutions.
Amendment" and Against the CJnst.-
tutional Amendment" as pr, sc.ib d by
law, and Immediately after said e. c ion
due returns shall be made to the Low
ernor Of the vote for and against said
amendment as directed by the said A.
ticle XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914