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

ten. Al SAID eleCtl0n the DalIOt snail
i contain the names Of said nominees
in alphabetical order without any tndf
cation of the source Of their nomina'
| ton, and shall also be so arranged
| as to permit the voter to vote for or
| against the creation of said charter
| board, lit the vote cast against said
| creation shall not be held to bar the
| voter from expressing his choice
| among the nominees for said board
| and if the majority of the votes cast
| for and against the creation of said
| charter board shall be against said
| creation the election of the members
| of said charter board shall be void !;
| but if such majority shall be in favor
| of the creation of said charter board,
| then and in that event the eleven
nominees of the City of Baltimore or
| five nominees in the county receiving
the largest number Of votes shall con.
stitute the charter board, and said
| charter board, or majority thereof,
shall prepare within six months from
| the date of said election a charter or
| form of government for said city or
such county and present the same to
| the Mayor of Baltimore OF President
Of the Board of County Commission.
ers of such county, who shall publish
| the same in at least two newspapers
| of general circulation published in said
the City Of Baltimore or county with
| in thirty days after it shall be re-
| ported to him. Such charter shall be
submitted to the voters of said city
or county at the next general or Con-
gressional election after the report of
said charter to said Mayor of Bal.
| timore or President of the Board OF
| County Commissioners; and If ma
| jority Of the votes cast for and against
| the adoption of said charter shall be
| in favor Of such adoption the said
charter from and after the thirtieth
| day from the date Of such election
shall become the law of said city or
county, subject only to the Constitu-
ton and Public General Laws Of this
State, and any Public Local Laws In
consistent with the provisions Of said
charter and former charter Of said
the City of Baltimore or county shall
be thereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The General Assembly at its
first session after the adoption Of this
amendment shall, by Public General
Law, provide a grant of express pow
ers for such county or counties az
may thereafter form a charter under
the provisions of this Article Such
express powers granted to the coun-
ties and the powers heretofore grant
ed to the City Of Baltimore. as set
forth in Article 4, Section 6, Public
Local Laws of Maryland. shah not
be enlarged or extended BY any char
ter formed under the provisions Of this
Article, but such powers may be ex-
tended. modified, amended or repealed
by the General Assembly.
Sec. 8. Every charter so formed
shall provide for an elective 1egisla-
tive body in which shall be vested the
law-making power of said city or coun-
ty. Such legislative body in the City
Of Baltimore shall be known as the
City Council of the City Of Baltimore,
and in any county shall be known as
the County Council Of the county. The
chief executive officer, If any such
charter shall provide for the election
of suoh executive officer, or the presid-
ing officer Of said legislative body, if
such charter shall not provide for
the election of a chief executive Off.
Ger, shall be known in the City of
Baltimore as Mayor of Baltimore, and
in any county as the President Of the
County Council Of the county, and all
references in the Constitution and
laws Of this State to the Mayor of
Baltimore and City Council of the City
Of Baltimore or to the County Com
missioners Of the counties shall be
construed to refer to the Mayor of
Baltimore and City Council Of the City
Of Baltimore and to the President
and County Council herein provided
for, whenever such construction would
be reasonable. From and after the
adoption Of a. charter by the City Of
Baltimore, or any county OF this State,
as hereinbefore provided, the Mayor
Of Baltimore and City Council Of the
City of Baltimore or the County Coun-
Gil Of said county, subject to the Con-
stitution and Public General Laws Of
this State, shall have full power to
enact local laws of said city or coun-
ty, including the power to repeal or
amend Local Laws Of said city or
county enacted by the General Assem-
bly,, upon all matters covered by the
express powers granted as above pro-
! vided; provided that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to au-
| thortze or empower the County Coun-
Gil Of any county in this State to en-.
act laws or regulations for any in.
corporated town, village, or munict.
| paltty in said county, on any matter
covered by the powers granted to said
town, village, or municipality by the
ACT incorporating It, or any subse-
quent Act or Acts amendatory there
to. Provided, however, that the char.
tiers for the various counties shall
provide that the County Council of
the counties shall not sit more than
| one month in each year for the pur.
! pose of enacting legislation for such
counties, and all legislation shall be
| enacted during the month SO designat-
| ed for that purpose In the charter, and
| all laws and ordinances SO enacted
shall be published once a week for
three successive weeks in at least
one newspaper published in such coun.
ties, so that the taxpayers and citi.
| zens may have notice thereof. This
| provision shall not apply to Baltimore
| city. ALI such local laws enacted by
the Mayor of Baltimore and City Coun.
| ell of the City Of Baltimore or the
fore provided shall be subject to the
same rules of Interpretation as those
now applicable to the Public Local
Laws of this State, except that in
case of any conflict between said 10.
cal Law and any Public General Law
now or hereafter enacted, the Public
| General Law shall control
Sec. 4. From and after the adop.
| ton Of a chapter under the provisions
| of this Article by the City of Balti-
more or any county of this State, NO
Public Local Law shall be enacted by
| the General Assembly for said city OF
county on any subject covered by the
express powers granted as above pro-
vided. Any law SO drawn as to apply
to two or more Of the geographical
subdivisions of this State shall not be
| deemed Local Law, within the mean.
ing of this Act The term "geograph
ical subdivision" herein used shall be
! taken to mean the City of Baltimore
or any of the counties of this State.