The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-01

the Mayor OF Baltimore and City Council
OF the City of Baltimore or the county
Council of III S eoPnt sneleft Laws dE
this State shall have. full power to en-
act local laws of said city or county. in;
Guiding the power ed 70 c;,v re eP county enact
ed Nv the General Assembly. upon ell
matters covered BY the express powers
E. bre above edRntSned sa &C. @
strued to authorize or empower the
County Council Of any county il this
State t. enact laTs 0F ~ municipa
cd By the powers granted to said town,
village or municipality ~ the Act moor or
Acts amendatory thereto; PROVIDED,
however, that the charters for the various
y sha al cPDa a2es s dha n ~ R
purpose of enacting legislation shall be
fof that purpose II the charter. and AT III
laws ana ordinances 10 enacted shall be
\ published once q week for three success
sive weeks in at least one newspaper per
taxpayers and citizens may have notice
thereof This provision shall rot apply
Rat% ~ Ills eS MayoA " Ba%ore
City Council of the City of Baltimore or
the Council of the counties, as hereinbe-
fore provided sha he subject e tbo ee
nav applicable w the Public Local Laws
OF this State except that in case OF any
conflict between said Local Law and any
Public General Law now or hereafter en-
acted, the Public General Law shall con-
troll.
see AZ From ana after the adoption q
Article by the City Of Baltimore or any
county of this State, no Public Local Law
shall be enacted by the General Assembly
for said city or county or any subject
I pnvnrnh r fila mowers granted MS
above provided. Any law so drawn as to
apply to the two or more OF the geo
not be deemed Local Law. within, the
graphical sub division" herein used shall
be taken to mean tae Git{ ni or s Baltimore
Sec 5. Amendments TO any charter
adopted by the City of Baltimore or by
visions Of this Article may ~ proposed
BY q resolution OF the Mayor OF Balti-
more and the City Council of said City of
Baltimore, or the Council of said county,
or by a petition signed by not less than
20 per cent Of the registered voters "a
said city or county, oP provided noW eEei
that u any ease 10goe s,g4 nntIfan saa aa
fled with the Mayor of Baltimore or the
| President of the County Council, and
/ when SO proposed shall be submitted to
the voters III said city Or county At thu
next General or Congressional election
occurring after the passage of said reso,
if at said election the majority of the
ment shall be IN favor thereof; said
part 81 the charter Of said city or
county from and. after the, thirtieth day
after said election. Said amendments
T RaftimoFe po Or PTeaidegt q the County
| Council once a week for five successive
weeks prior to said election In at least
one newspaper published in said city or
county.
Sec g. The power heretofore conferred
upon the General Assembly to prescribe
duties OF the County Commissioners In
each county, and the power to make
changes IN SECTIONS 1 to 9, inclusiye,
expressly granted as herefnbefore pro
vided, are hereby transferred to The
voters OF each county and the voters or
that said powers so transferred shall be
exercised only by the adoption or amend
ment Of o charter Al hereinbefore pro
vided further, that this Article shall not
be construed To authorize the exercise OF
any powers in excess Of those conferred
/ by the Legislature upon said counties or
city as this Article sets forth.
See. Z. The word Petition as used
ia this Article means one or more
sheets written w printed, or partly writ,
means the signature Of registered voter
written by himself in his own handwrit-
tn and net R III Ra TIA together
which he IN registered The authenticity
| or such signatures and the fact that the
Shall be evidenced by the affidavit of
one or more registered voters of the city
on county fin which said voters 20 signing
AIR. registered ana one affidavit may ap-
| Oily To cover any number Of signatures to
such petition. The false signing Of any
name. or the signing of any fictitious
and the making of any false affidavit in
connection with said petition shall b.
Sec. 2. And Be it further enacted by
the. authority aforesaid, That the afore-
said Article hereby proposed as an
nj the next General Election for Members
\ or the General Assembly held I'm this
State, submitted to the legal and quail
reecon in Of the
contained in Article XVI of the Constitu-
tion OF this State, and at the said gen
eral election tile vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot shall be
printed the words For the Constitution
stitationai Amendment line a. now proTid-
I'd by Inv, and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the
proposed amendment as directed by the
said Fourteenth Article Of the Constitu-
approved April 18TH. 1914.
CHAPTER 453.
An Act to propose an amendment to
Article III, OF tile Constitution of the
State OF Maryland, by adding new Sec
ton, TO be known aS Section 90 and TO
provide for the submission OF said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of this
Sec. ]. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland (three-fifthS Of all
the Members OF each or tire two Houses
cOncurring), That the following new sec
ton be and the same is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Article III, title,
/ Legislative Department of the Consti-
tuition OF the State OF Maryland, the
to b. known a. Section 90; and liz adopt
ed by the legally qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided, said Section shall be-
come a part of Article III of the Consti-
tuition Of Maryland.
Section 3D. The General Assembly or
by suitable general enactment (al for the
suspension of sentence by the Court in
criminal cases; (b) for any form of in
ldeterminate sentence In criminal cases,
and (c) for the release upon parole In
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe, OF convicts imprisoned
under 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 election, to be
held on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, 1915,
voters Of Maryland for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance az the directions
contained in Article IL or the Constitution
of this State. and at the said election the
vote on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot and upon