The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-29


petition to refer to a vote of the
people any law or part of a law cap
able of referendum, as in this Article
provided, the same shall be referred
by the Secretary of State to such
vote, and shall not become a law or
take effect until thirty days after its
approval by majority of the electors
voting thereon at 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stand repealed thirty days after hav-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 majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon; pro-
vided, however, that no measure Great
ing or abolishing any Office, 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-
tion, 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 the
petition, may be referred to q vote of
the people upon petition.
Sec. 8 (a). The referendum petit
ton against an Act or part of an Act
passed by the General Assembly, shall
be sufficient if signed by ten thousand
qualified voters of the State of Mary
land, of whom not more than half
shall be residents Of Baltimore City,
or Of any one county: provided that
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 referendum
petition of 10 per cent. of the quail
fed 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.
(b) II more than one-half, but less
than the full number Of signatures re-
quired to complete any referendum Pc
tition against any law passed by the
General Assembly, be filed with Sec
retary of State before the first day
of June, the time for the law to take
effect, and for fling 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
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. 5 (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
mitted separately on the ballots to
the voters Of the people, but if 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 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
to the Constitution under Article XIV
of this Constitution, and the Governor
shall proclaim the result of the elec-
tion, and, if it shall appear that the
majority of the votes cast on any such
measure were cast in favor thereof,
ha 1ol hv a
tion declare the same having received
a majority of the votes to have been
adopted by the people Of Maryland as
a part of the laws of the State, to
take effect thirty days after such cleo
ton, and in like 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-
hibiting, 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. 2. And be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the foregoing Article hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
of this State, at the next General Elec-
tion for Members of the General AS
sembly to be held in this State, shall
be submitted to the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, for their adoption
or rejection in pursuance Of the df-
rections contained in Article XIV of
the Constitution of this State, and that
at such general election the vote upon
said proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as prescribed by law,
and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the vote for and against said
amendment as directed by the said
Article XIV of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, PHILLIPS
LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in
Section /, of Article IA of the Consu-