The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-09-11

Baltimore City. or of any one county:
provided that any public local law for
any one county 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 a referendum
petition >of 10 per cent of the qualiSed
voters of said county or City of Balti-
more as the case may be, calculated
upon the whole number of votes cast
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
tb) II more than one-half, but less than
the full number of signatures required
to complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the General
Assembly be filed with Secretary of
State before the first day of June. the
time for the law to take effect, and for
filing the remainder of signatures to
complete the petition shall be extended
to the thirtieth day of the same month
with like effect.
Section 4. A petition may consist of
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain 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 every signature
thereon Is genuine and bona fide, and
that the signers are registered voters of
the State of Maryland and of the City
OF Baltimore. or county, as the case
may be, as set opposite their names.
and no other veritication shall be re-
quired.
Section (a). The General Assembly
shai provide Tor furnishing the voters
OF the State the text OF all measures 10
be voted upon by the people: provided
that until oLnerwlse provided by law the
same shall De published in the manner
prescribed BY Article NV of the Con-
stitutlon for the publication of proposed
Constitutional Amendments.
w All laws reIeIred under the pro-
visions OF inns Article shall be submit
ted separately on the ballots to the vot-
ers ot the people, but II containing more
than Two injured words, the fun text
shall not be printed on the Official BAL
Iots, but Inc secretary OF State shall pre-
pare and submit u ballot title OF eacn
SuCn measure III sucn form DIS To pre-
sent the purpose Oh SAID measure con-
clseIy ana A.eenlseutly. Inc DdLoC tI,le
may De u'st1IiCt from the les -o...,c IL
tile, but III any case the leslsle,ng title
shdA DC su.il,lent. Upon euCu VI the BAL
lois, 4OuONt..ss me DdlIOL title OF text
as The case may be, Oh each suCn meas
ure, there small be printed the words
II or the reIcrIcu law and Against the
referred law, as the case may be. Tine
NON'S Nb"t lbI anu against any SuCn re-
TERED Jaw small DC returned 10 the Gov
ernUr III the manner prescribed with re-
speCt to Proposed amendments to tbs
Constitution unuer Article XIV OF this
Constitution, ana the Governor shall pro-
clam the result OF the election, anu, II
IL shall appear that the majority of the
votes cast on any such measure were cast
In favor thereof, the Governor shall By
his proclamation declare the same hay-
ing received luu1DritV the IN
nave been adopted by the people OF
Maryland as part of the laws OF the
State, " take erect thirty days aItet
such election, and in like manner aAd
with like enect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
to any Public Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters OF
any county OF the City of Baltimore
Section g. No law or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing, regulating pro-
hibltlnS, or submitting to local option,
the manufacture or sale OF matt or splr-
ltuous liquors, shall be referred or re
pealed under amy Act OF the provisions
OF this Article.
Section 2. And be 1t 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 Election for
Members OF the General Assembly to be
held in this State, shall be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters Thereof. Tor
their adoption or rejection in pursuance
of the directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution OF this State,
and that at such general election the
vote upon said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall b. printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment and Against the Cunst.-
tutionul Amendment" as pr, sc.ib-d by
law, and immediately after said c.,c.ion
due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor IF the vote tor and against said
amendment as directed by the said Ar
tice XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved April 10th, 1911