Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-17

She Arst day of Inns nsTt after ne
session 81 which II may be passed,
unless 4 co1fsR = Section declaring
such law an emergency law and nec-
essary for the immediate preservation
of tie public health or safety. and
passed upon a yea and nay vote sup
ported bv three-fiftNs Of ail the mem
bers elected % each OF the two Houses
Of the General Assembly: provided,
however. uhat said period OF Euspen-
sion NAV be extended as provided IN
Section 8 (b) hereof II before ssid
first day o. June there shall have been
fled with the Secretary OF the State
a petition 70 refer 70 q vote OF the
people any law or part % law car
able OF referendum. as IN this Article
provided. the same shall be referred
BY the Secretary of Stats 20 such
vote. and shall not become q law 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 ener-
gency law shall remain fn 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stand repealed thirty days after hav.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
vided, 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
cd 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 game purpose,
shah 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 the
petition, may be referred to q vote OF
the people upon petition
Sec. (a). The referendum peti
ton against an Act or part of an ACT
passed by the General Assembly. shall
be sufficient II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters OF the State OF Mary
land, OF whom not more than half
or Of any one county, provided that
any public local law for any one ooun-
Y 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
fed voters Of said county or City OF
Baltimore as the case may be. cal
k,A kAA kNNA ,fav- ~
votes cast therein respectively for
material election.
Cb) II more than oue-half. but less
than the full number Of signatures re-
Quired 70 complete any referendum pc
tftion against any law passed by the
General Assembly. be hled with Sec
retary Of State before the first day
Of June, the time for tho law to take
effect, and for nhng the remainder Of
signatures to complete the petition
shall be extended TO the thIrtieth day
Of the same month with like effect.
Sec. 4. A petition may consist Of
contain the full text of the Act or part
Of Act peutioned upon; and there shall
be attached to each such paper an
affldavit OF the person procuring the
signatures thereon that of the said
persons own personal knowledge cv-
cry signature thereon IL genuine and
bona f1de, 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
verif1cation shall be required.
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shall provide for furnishing the voters
Of the State the text OF all measures
to be voted upon by the people; pro
vtded, that until otherwise provided
by law the same shall be published
In the manner prescribed by Article
XIV OF the Constitution for the pub
hcation OF proposed Constitutional
Amendments.
(b) All lave referred under the
provisions OF this Article shall be sub.
mitted separately on the ballots to
the voters OF the people, but IL con-
tanning more than two hundred words,
the full text shall not be printed on
the Official ballots, but the Secretary
OF State shall prepare and submit
ballot title OF each such measure IN
such form as 70 present the purpose OF
said measure conciseiy and intelli-
gently. The ballot title may be dis
dnct 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
to the Constitution under Article XIV
OF this Constitution. and the Governor
shall proclaim the result OF the cleo
uon' and, if It shall appear that the
majority OF the votes cast on any such
measure were cast IN favor thereof,
tne Governor shall by his proclama-
uon declare the same having received
q majority Of the votes to have been
adopted By the people OF Maryland as
q part Of the laws Of the State, to
take effect thirty days after such cleo
uon, and In Ike manner and with like
enect the Governor shall proclaim the
result or 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 s. No law or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing, regulating, pro
h1binng, or submitting to local op-