The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-15
Sec. s. Amendments to any charter


by any county Of this State under the
provisions of this Article may be pro-
posed by a resolution Of thS Mayor Of
Baltimore and the City Council Of said
City of Baltimore Or the Council Of said
county, or by . petition signed By
not less than 20 per cent. Of the regis
tered voters Of said city or county,
provided, however. that In any case
10000 signatures shall be sufficient to
complete q petition, and filed with
the Mayor of Baltimore or the Presi-
dent of the County Council, and when
so proposed shall be submitted to the
voters Of said city or county At the
next General or Congressional saec-
ton occurring after the passage of
said resolution, OF the filing of said
petition, and If at said election the
majority Of the votes cast for and
against said amendment shall be In
favor thereof, said amendment shall
be adopted and become q part Of the
charter Of said city or. county from
and after the thirtieth day after said
election. Said amendments shall BE-
published by said Mayor Of Baltimore
or President Of the County Council
once week for Ave successive weeks
prior to said election in at Least one
newspaper published In said city or
county.
SEQ. 8. Tas power heretofore con-
ferred upon the General Assembly to
prescribe the .-nsinber, compensation,
powers and duties Of the County Conn
missioners in each county. and the
power to make changes in Sections
to 6 inclusive, Article XII of this
Constitution, when expressly granted
as hereinbefore provided, are herebE
transferred to the voters Of each coun-
ty and the voters Of City of Balti.
more, respectively, provided that said
powers so Transferred shall <be ex-
ment of charter ss hereinbefore pro-
Article shall not be construed to au-
thor1zs the exercise ot any powers In
excess q those conferred BY the Log
islature upon said counties or city as
this Article sets forth.
Sec. z. The word Petition" as used
in this Article, means one or moro
sheets written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed: sigma
ture" means the signature Of reg
istered voter written by himself; in
his own handwriting (and not by his
mark, together with the ward or dis
trtct and precinct in which he Is reg
istered. The aueh enticity Of such sig
natures and the fact that the persons
so signing are registered voters shall
be evidenced BY The afhdavit Of one or
more registered voters Of the city or
county In which said voters 50 sign
ing are registered, and one afndavit
may apply to OF cover any number
Of signatures TO- such petition. The
false signing of any name, or the; sign
ing of any fictitious name to said petit
ton shall be forgery, and the making
Of any false affidavit in connection
with said petition shall be perjury.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Article hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution
shall be at the next General Election
for Members Of tho General Assembly
held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof, for
their adoption or rejection in pursu-
Article XVI of the Constitution Of
this State, and at the said general cleo
ton the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot. and upon each ballot shall be
printed the words For the Constltu-
tional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now
provided by law, and Immediately aft
or said election due return shall be
made to the Governor OF the vote for
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
ucle of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th. 1914.
CHAPTER 45s.
An Act to propose an amendment to
Article III, of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland, by adding a new
Section, to be known as Section 60.
and to provide for the submission OF
said Amendment to the qualified voters
of this State for adoption or rejec-
ton.
General Assembly Of Maryland (three-
6fths Of all the Members Of each Of
the two Houses concurring). That the
following new Section be and the same
Is hereby proposed az an amendment
to Article Ill. title, Legislative De-
partment" Of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland. the same to be IN
serted after Section SO and to be
known as Section 60: and il adopted
BY the legally qualified voters thereof.
as herein provided said Section shall
become q part Of Article III Of the
Constitution of Maryland
Section so. The General Assembly
Of Maryland shall have the power to
provide by suitable general enactment
(a) for the suspension OF sentence by
the Court in criminal cases; (b) for
any form of the indeterminate sen.
tence In criminal cases. and (c) for
the release upon parole in whatever
the General Assembly may
prescribe of 'convicts imprisoned un-
der sentence for crimes.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. That the,
said foregoing Section hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
shall at the next ensuing general elecs
ton, to be held on Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month of No
vember, 1915, be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters OF Maryland
for their adoption OF rejection in pnr-
suance of the, directions contained in
Article ii of the Constitution of this
State, and at the said election the
vote on said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shalr be by ballot and
upon each ballot there shall be writ
ten or printed the words For the Con.
stitutional Amendment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall
be made TO the Governor of the vote
for and against said proposed, amend,
ment, as directed by said Article IA
of the Constitution
Approved April 10th, 1914.
CHAPTER 673.
An Act to apand the Constitution
of Maryland by adding thereto a new
Article to be entitled, Article XVI
for The Referendum" and