The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-27
Sec. S. Amendnenlts 70 any charter

Sec. S. Amendments 20 any charter
adopted by the City of Baltimore o.
| by any county of this State under tht
| provisions of this Article may be pro
posed by resolution OF the Mayor o.
Baltimore and the City Council of saiC
City of Baltimore or the Council of sale
| county, or by petition signed by
not less than 20 per cent. of the regis
tered voters of said city or county
provided, however that in any case
10000 signatures shall be sufficient tC
complete petition, and iled with
the Mayor of Baltimore or the Presi
dent OF the County Council, aud when
80 proposed shall be submitted TO the
voters of said city or county at the
next General or Congressional cleo
ton occurring after the passage OF
said resolution. or the filing of said
petition. and if at said election the
majority of the votes east for and
against said amendment shall be in
favor thereof, said amendment shall
be adopted and become a part OF the
charter OF said city or county from
and after the thirtieth day after said
election Said amendments shall be
published by said Mayor of Baltimore
or President of the County Council
once week for five successive weeks
prior TO said election in at least one
newspaper published in said city OF
county
Sec. 6. The power heretofore con
ferred upon the General Assembly to
prescribe the number. compensation
powers and duties of the County Com
missioners in each county. and The
power to make changes in Sections
J 70 inclusive, Article XI of this
Constitution, when expressly granted
as hereinbefore provided. are hereby
transferred to the voters of each coun
~ and the voters of City OF Balti
moro. respectively provided that said
powers 50 transferred shall be ex
ercised only by the adoption or amend
ment of charter as hereinbefore pro
yided; and provided further. that this
Article shall not be construed to au
thoriZe the exercise of any powers in
excess Of those conferred by the Leg
islature upon said counties or city as
this Article sets forth.
in this Article, means one or more
sheets written or printed. or partly
written and partly printed; "Signa
ture" means the signature of reg
istered voter written by himself in
his own handwriting (and not by his
mark. together with the ward or dis
trct and precinct in which he Is reg
istered. The authenticity of such sig
natures and the fact that the persons
so signing are registered voters shall
be evidenced by the affidavit of one OF
more registered voters of the city OF
county in which said voters so sign
ing are registered, and one affidavit
may apply to or cover any number
of signatures to such petition. The
false signing of any name. or the sign
Ing Of any fictitious name to said pei;
ton shall be forgery, and the making
of any false affidavit in connectic:,
with said petition shall be perjury.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Article hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution
shall be at the next General Election
for Members of the General Assembly
held in this State, submitted TO the
legal and qualified voters thereof, fol-
their adoption or rejection in pursu
ance of the directions contained In
Article XVI of the Constitution OF
this State, and at the said general cleo.
ton the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot and uDOn each ballot shall he
printed the words "For the Constitu
tional Amendment" and Against the
! Constitutional Amendment" as now
provided by law, and Immediately aft
er said election due return shall be
made to the Governor OF the vote 1oI
and against said proposed amendmen,
as directed by the said Fourteenth Al
tjcle of the Constitution.
Approved April 10th. 1914