The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-21

not more than half shall be residents o.
Baltimore City. or of any one county:
provided that any public local law for
any one county or the City of Baltim re
shall be referred by the Secretary OF
State only to the people of said county
or City OF Baltimore. upon a referendum
petition of 10 per cent of the qualified
voters of said county or City of Balti-
more, as the case may be, calculate ed
upon the whole number of votes cast
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
OBJ 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
filing 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 shall be
attached to each such paper an affidavit
OF the person procuring the signatures
thereon that of the said persons owa
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 verification shall be re-
quired.
Section (a). The General Assembly
shall provide Tor furnishing the voters
OF the Stale the text OF all measures ~
be voted upon by the people: provided
that until Otherwise provided by law t.e
same snail be published in the manner
prescribed by Article AlV of the Con
stitutlon Tor the publication of proposeu
constitutional amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the pro-
Visions OF TINS Article shau be submit
tea separately on the ballots to the VOC
ers oI the people, but II containing more
than twU nuAursd words. the fun text
shall not Dv pfluIed Inc ofhclal pJI-
lots, but the secretary OF State snail pre-
pare and sdumlt a ballot title OF eaSu
such measure III sucn form as To pre-
sent the purpose OIL SAID measure co.,
clseIy ana lI.,e.Igently. The ballot title
may he distinct from the les so a,IEe IL
tie, but III ANY case the les 4s4..,.,v ,Itie
snail be suliIuIent. Upon eac.I u tae u..4-
lois, IOlOw'ns the DdIIOL ute VI IeAt
DIS lIAt Case NAY De, or eacn SuCn Meas
ure, there sna.I be printed the words
L or the reIrrI cd law and "Agaiust tAe
ieleIIeu law, as the case may D.. Inc
votes cast Tor and against any suCn re-
TERED law small be returned 10 the Low
erHOr III The manner prescribed with re-
speGt to proposed amendments to tn
Constitution unuer Article XIV OF this
Constitution, ana the Governor SHAH pro-
claim the result OF the election, anu, If
IL snail appear that the majority OF the
votes cast on any such measure We're cast
IN favor thereon, the Governor shall b.
ms proclamauon declare the same hav-
ing received majority OF the votes TO
nave been adopted by the peopIe OF
Maryland as u part OF the laws OF the
State, 10 take effect thirty days ante.
such election, and in like manner ana
with like effect the Governor shall 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