Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-08-26

TO provide Tor the submission OF SAT,
amendment 20 the quaiified voters o
the State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be IL enacted by IN,
General Assembly of Maryland. fthree
nfths OF al the Members elected I,
each OF the two Houses concurrinxl
That the following new and additions
Article, 70 be known as Article XVI
title. The Referendum" be. and ths
same In hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution Of Maryland
and IL adopted by the legal and quali
red voters thereof. a. herein provided
IL shall stand a. part and an q new
and additional Article Of said Consti
tuition. 20 be known and entitled a
aforesaid:
ARTICLE XVI. THE REFERENDUM
Section (a). The people reserys
TO themselves power known as The
Referendum. By petition 70 have sub
mitted 70 the registered voters Of che
State. to approve or reject at the
polls. any Act or part OF any Act ol
the General Assembly. IL approved by
the Governor, or. II passed by the
General Assembly over the veto Of the
Governor:
(b) The provisions Of this Article
shall be selfexecuting; provided that
additional legislation In furthsrancs
thereof and not In conflict thsrewitf
may be enacted.
Sec. 2. No law enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly shall take eject unit
the first day Of June next after tho
session at which Il may be passed
unless II contain a Section dsciarinf
such law an emergency law and nee
essary for the immediate preservation
OF the public health or safety, and
passed upon q yea and nay vote SUP
ported by three-afths Of all the mem
bers elected TO each OF the two Houses
OF the General Assembly: provided
however. that said period Of suspen
sion may be extended as provided in
Section (b) hereof. II before said
hrst day OF June there shall have been
nled with the Secretary Of the State
petition to refer to q vote OF the
people any law or part OF q law cap
able OF referendum. a. I'm this Article
provided. the same shall be referred
by the Secretary OF State 70 such
vote. and shall not become Q law O,
take effect until thirty days after its
approval by majority Of the electors
voting thereon ut the next ensuins
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stand repealed thirty days after hay
ing been rejected by q majority OF the
qualified electosx voting thereon; pro
yided. howevsk. that no measure Great
Ing or abolishing any once, or chang
ing the salary. term or duty OF any
oficer, or-granting any franchise OF
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
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose
shall be subject 60 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 ths
case OF other laws. and such increase
or any part thereof specified in the
petition. may be referred to a vote oi
the people upon petition.
Sec. 8 ta). The referendum peti
ton against an Act or part Of an Act
passed by the General Assembly, shat
be SUFFICIENT II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters OF the State Of Mary
land. Of whom not more than hall
shall be residents OF Baltimore City
or OF any one county: provided thai
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 a 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) IL more than one-half, but less
than the full number of signatures re.
quired TO complete any referendum De.
ttion against any law passed by the
General Assembly. be fled with Sec.
retary Of State before the FIRST day
Of June. the time for the law to take
effect. and for aliug the remainder OF
signatures TO compi.Ss sae petition
shall be extended 10 the thirtieth Gay
OF the same month with like effect
Sec. 4. A petition may consist o.
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 In genuine and
bona fde. 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. (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: pre-,
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 II 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 q
ballot title Of each such measure I'm
such form as to present the purpose Of
said measure concisely and inteIli-
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, m
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
Eith respect 20 proposed amendments
o the Constitution under Article XIV
II this Constitution, and the Govsrnor