The Democratic advocate., 1915-07-23

Y ter by the City of Baltimore, WI any coun
~ OF this state, as herein before provided
CO. Mayor or baltimore and City COunci
or the City or Baltimore or the County
Council Of said county, subject to Tho
y Constitution and Public General Laws 81
this State shall have. full power ~ en
net local laws Or said city or county, I'LL
cluding the power to repeal or amend
Local Laws of said city or county enact
ed by the General Assembly. upon al
} granted u above provided; provided thai
, nothing herein contained shall be con
struel TO authorize or empower tht
| County Council Of any county in thi.
State 10 enact Laws Or regulations FOR amy
Incorporated town, village, or municipal
itF in said county on any matter cvoer'
v ed by the powers granted to said town
village on municipality by the Act incor
Yor4ting IL, w any subsequent Act OF
ha RG charters for the
counties shall provide that the County
Council Of the counties shall not sit more
than one month In each year for the
enacted during the month so designated
: for that purpose in the charter, and al
published once week for three success
! sIve weeks in at least one newspaper
published in such counties, 50 that the
! thereof This provision shalI not appiy
~ Baltimore city. AL such local laws
enacted by the Mayor Oh Baltimore and
the Council Of the counties, as hereinbe-
|. fore provided, shall be subject to the
same rules Of Interpretation M those
now applicable to the Public Local Laws
conflict between said Local Law and any
Public General Law now or hereafter en-
acted, the Public General Law shall con
troll
Sec A. From and after the adoption OF
"A charter under the provisions OF this
Article by the City Of Baltimore or any
(rlfp T.ayr
shall be enacted by the General Assembly
Tor said city Or county or any subject
above provided Any law % drawn A. to
apply TO the two or more OF the geo
graphical sub divisions Of this State shall
not be deemed "a Local Law. within the
meaning of this Act. The term geo
graphical subdivision herein used shall
be taken to mean the City Of Baltimore
or any or the counties OF this State
See. .. Amendments to any charter
adopted by the City Of Baltimore or by
any county of this State under the pro
visions of this Article may be proposed
by 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
~ per cent Of the registered voters of
sa-u City or county provided, however,
Inat IN any case 10000 signatures shall
be sufficient 10 complete u petition, and
flied with the Mayor OF Baltimore the
President Of the County Council, and
when proposed shall be submitted to
next General u Congressional election
= occurring after the passage Of said reso-
II at said election the majority Of the
votes cast for and against said amend
ment shall be in favor thereof; said
amendment shall be adopted and become
part OF the charter of said city OF
county from and after the thirtieth day
after said election. Said amendments
BaitimoFe % % Or FFeaidegt q g. tGe MayG County y
I Council once q week for i've successive
weeks prior to said election i'm at least
one newspaper published In said city or
county.
Sec y. 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 ., inclusive,
Article NJ of this Constitution, when
yided, are hereby transferred to the
voters of each county and the voters OF
that said powers 70 transferred shall be
exercised only by the adoption or amend
ment Of A charter al hereinbefore 2ro-
Y vided further, that this Article shaIi not
/ be construed to authorize the exercise Of
amy powers in excess OF those conferred
| by the Legislature upon said counties or
\ city AL this Article sets forth
| Sec. 7. The word Petition" as used
h in this Article means one Or more
sheets written or printed. or partly writ.
| ten and partly printed; signature
means the signature OF d registered voter
written by himself in his own handwrit-
\ ing tand not by his mark, together with
which he fl registered The authenticity
\ or such signatures and the fact thar the
Shall be evidenced by the affidavit Or
one or more registered voters OF the city
/ or county i'm which said voters 80 signing
are registered, and one affidavit may ap-
ply 70 cover any number Of signatures TO
such petition. The false signing w any
name, or the signing Of any fictitious
u nI.n
and the making Of any false affidavit In
connection with said petition shall be
perjury.
Sec 2 Aud be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the afore-
said Article hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall DE
of the General Assembly held in this
State, submitted to the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, for their adoption or
contained in Article XVI ofsthe Constitu-
tion Of this State, and at the said gen
eral election the vote said proposed
I by ballot, and upon each ballot shall be
/ printed the words For the Constitution
al Amendment and Against the Con
ed by law, ana Immediately after 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 Article Of the Constitu-
! ton.
Approved April l6th- 1914
CHAPTER 453.
AVN Act To propose an amendment to
Article Ill, Of the Constitution Of the
State OF Maryland. by adding new Sec
ton, to be known Section 60, and to
provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters OF this
State for adoption or rejection;
See. l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland (three-fifths Of all
the Members on each or the two Houses
cOncurring). That the following new Sec
tion be and the same ~ hereby proposed
Legislative Department" of Che Consti-
tuition of the State or Maryland, the
same to be inserted after Section 59 and
\ to be known Section 90; and IL adopt
ed by the legally qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided. said Section shall be
come Il part OF Article III OF the Consti-
tuition OF Maryland.
Maryland shall have the power TO provide
by suitable general enactment GAY Tor the
suspension of sentence by the Court in
criminal cases. (b) for amy form OF i'm
determinate sentence in criminal cases,
and (el for the release upon parole I'm
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe Of convicts imprisoned
under sentence for crimes.
Sec. 2 And be il further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. That the said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution EhHf- at
the next ensuing general election, TO be
held on Tuesday next after the first
be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters OF Maryland for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of the directions
contained i'm Article ia OF the Constitution