Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-28

sn@n 10 sSA<AcCu0uSs PROVIDED that
additional legislation in furtherance
thereof and not In conflict therewiti
may be enacted
Sec. 2. No law enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly shall take effect until
the 6rst day OF June next after the
session at which Il may be- passed.
unless IL contain a Section declaring
such Law an emergency law and nee
essary for the immediate preservation
Of the public health or safety. and
passed upon q yea and nay vote sup
ported by three-fifths Of all the mem.
bers elected 10 each OF the two Houses
Of the General Assembly: provided.
however. that said period Of suspen.
sion may be extended as provided in
Section 3 OBJ hereof II before said
first day Of June there shall have been
hled with the Secretary Of the State
a petition to refer to a vote OF the
people any law or part OF a law can
able OF referendum. as in this Article
provided. the same shall be referred
by the Secretary OF State 70 sueh
vote. and shall not become a Iaw.or
take effect until thirty days after Its
approval by q majority Of the electors
voting thereon az the next ensuing
election held throughout the State for
Members OF the House Of Representa-
tives OF the United States. An emer.
gency law shall remain In force not.
withstanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after hav.
ing been rejected by q majority Of the
qualified electors voting thereon: pro-
vfded. however. that no measure Great.
Ing or abolishing any ONCE, or chang.
ing the salary. term or duty OF any
officer, or granting any franchise or
special privilege, or creating any vest.
ed right or interest, shall be enacted
as an emergency law. No law max.
ing any appropriation for maintaining
the State Government, or for main
tanning or aiding any public institu-
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose.
shall be subject to rejection or re-
peal under this section. The increase
In any such appropriation for main.
tanning or aiding any public institu.
tion shall only take effect as in the
case OF other laws. and such increase
or any part thereof specified in she
petition. may be referred to a vote o.
the people upon petition.
Sec Ia.. -..a referendum nett.
ton against an Act or part OF an Act
passed by the General Assembly, shs"
be sufficient II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters OF the State of Mar
land, Of whom not more than halt
shall be residents OF Baltimore CITY.
or of any one county: provided t'.e
any public local law for any one coun.
ty 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 q referendum
petition Of 10 per cent of the quail
Ned voters OF said county or City OF
Baltimore as the case may be, cal
culated upon the whole number OF
votes cast therein respectively for
Governor at the last preceding Guber.
Material election.
(bl II more than one-haIf. but less
than the full number Of signatures re-
quired TO complete any referendum pc
Htion against any law passed by the
General Assembly, be fled with Sec
rotary OF State before the FIRST day
Of June, the time for the law to take
effect. and for cling the remainder Of
signatures to compiessS. e. petition
shall be extended to the thirtieth tey
OF the same month with like effect
Sec. 4. A petition may consist Of
several papers, but each paper shall
contain the full text Of the Act or part
OF Act petitioned upon: and there shall
be attached to each such paper an
affidavit Of the person procuring the
signatures thereon that of the said
persons own personal knowledge ev-
cry signature thereon is genuine and
bona fide, and that the signers are
registered voters OF the State Of Mary.
land. and Of the City OF Baltimore, or
county. as the case may be, as set
opposite their names, and no other
verification shall be required
Sec. (a). The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text OF all measures
to be voted upon by the people: pro-
vided, that until otherwise provided
by law the same shall be published
in the manner prescribed by Article
XIV OF the Constitution for the pub.
lication OF proposed Constitutional
Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the
provisions of this Article shall be sub
mftted separately on the ballots to
the voters OF the people, but IL con-
tanning more than two hundred words. |
the fun text shall not be printed on
the Official ballots. but the Secretary
OF State shall prepare and submit a
ballot title Of each such measure in |
such form as to present the purpose OF
said measure concisely and intelli- |
gently. The ballot title may be dis |
tinct from the legislative title. but in |
any case the legislative title shall be |
sufficient. Upon each of the ballots, |
following the ballot title or text, as |
the case may be, of each such meas |
ure, there shall be printed the words |
For the referred law" and Against !
the referred law" as the case may be- |
The votes cast for and against any |
such referred law shall be returned to |
the Governor in the manner prescribed |
with respect to proposed amendments |
20 the Constitution under Article XIV |
of this Constitution, and the Governor |
shall proclaim the result of the cleo
ton, and. IL II shall appear that the 1
majority OF the votes cast on any such |
measure were cast In favor thereof. /
the Governor shall by his proclama. |
ion declare the same having received |
q majority OF the votes to have been |
adopted By the people OF Maryland a.
part OF the laws Of the State, TO
take effect thirty days after such cleo
uon, and In Ike manner and with like /
effect the Governor shall proclaim 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.
Sec 6. No law or Constitutional
Amendment licensing, regulating. pro
hibitng, or submitting to local op-
ton, the manufacture or sale OF malt
or spirituous liquors, shall be referred
or repealed under any Act OF the pro
visions of this Article.
Sec. .. And be 10 enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland. That
the foregoing Article hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
or this State. a. the next General Elec.
ton for Members Of the General As
sembly to be held IN this State, shall
be submitted to the legal and quail