The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-06

ry Ot this Stare AS herein pel1lI pi rsit
or the City of Baltimore or fne lou4 4Es
\ Council VII said county subleet to IT, 4
Constitution aHd RnplG ,f Ien raWar rol 49,
urt local IaR$ XXX sall clty ur county, lnT
N Guiding Ine power ky repeal or alneLl
local Laws Of sAid city ur nuhtN shaS .,II
\ ea INV rhe- General ASSEMBLY Nitn Mill
matters covered HIN the tAi.Its- lowers
granted IL above provided' proviael tnlt
nothing herein contained snlll Han eon l-
uunry Council of amy county i4 tLls
Site Nv enact laws oil regulations for any
incorI grated toWn. Tlliag Tv NJ mattar cTper
| pd by the powers granted To SAID town
village or municipality Ny the Acr Moor
poratlug #, or 10y subsequent r,. DIT VII
however, that Tire charters for ety. various
counties shall provide that the county
Council of the counties shaii not s sn mq qhe
rnan one month in each year tof th HIS
rnrTusg uf enacting legislation shall "
enacted during ill., month so ueslGnateu
tor rnat purpose in the charter ana a ha
published once week for three success
alive weeks ill at least one newspaper
faxpayers and citizens may, nave notice
\ thereof This provision shall not apply
\ ~ Baltimore CITY. All sueh local laws
ny h ~ Aha tt of w
\ tne Council OF the counties, as hereinbe-
\ fore provided, shall be subject IN the
same rules. of Interpretation as Tnose
HOW Applicable to tile Public Local Laws
Of this State except thar in case of any
conflict between aid Local Law and any
Public General LAW now or hereafter 81
acted, the Public General law Slall cor
troll
sec ~ From ana after the adoption of
a charter under the PROVISIONS o1 thls
Article wv tile City OF Baltimore or any
county of this State, 10 Public Local Law
shall w enacted by the General Assembly
for said city OF county or any subject
above provided Any INV so drawn Az tn
apply tx the two or more IA the geo.
graphical sub divisions KIT this State shall
not ~ deemed Local Law within the
meaning of Till Act. THE term geo,
graphical division herein used shall
Ie taken To mean the City of Baltimore
OH aMy of the counties OF this State
80. >. Amendments To any charter
adopted NY THE City OF Baltimore or by
any county OF thu State under the pro.
visions of this Article may b. proposed
more and rhe CITY Council of said City of
Baltimore, Or The Council OK SAID county
10 per cent of thu registered voters of
said city or county, crowded. however;
that in any case 10000 signatures shall
be sufficient to complete petition, and
filed with the Mayor OF Baltimore Or the
President or the County Council, and
when % proposed shall be submitted to
nezt General or Congressional election
occurring after the passage of said reso-
luton, or the filing of said petition, and
II at said election the majority of c.
votes cast for and against said amend
ment shall be in favor thereof. said
amendment shall be adopted and become
lart of the charter of sa at i-., city w ~
after said election. Said amendments
shall be published by said Mayor or
baltimore or President of the County
weeks prior to said election in at least
one newspaper published in said city or
county.
SCI VI The power heretofore conferred
upon tile General Assembly TO prescribe
the number, compensation, powers and
duties " the County Commissioners in
changes III Sections / 70 8. inclusive,
Article vi of this Constitution, when
expressly granted a. hereinbefore Pre-
vided, are hereby transferred To The
voters of each county and TIE voters of
City of Baltimore, respectively, provided
that said powers ~ transferred shall o.
ment VI a charter Al hereinbefore pro-
vided further, that this Article shall not
be construed To authorize the exercise OF
any powers in excess or those conferred
bY the Legislature, upon said counties or
city ~ this Article, sets forth.
IS 4 The word Petition as used
sheets written or printed, or partly writ
Ten ana partly printed; signature
means the signature of a registered voter
M noE IN Hill ~ III WITH
tie ward or district and precinct III
which IT, IL registered The authenticity
persons - signing, are registered voters
shall rs evidenced by the affidavit ,of
one or more registered voters OF The city
Oh county in which said voters 20 signing
are registered, and one affidavit may ap-
ply to cover any number or signatures 70
such petition The false signing or any
name % aid petition shall b. forgery,
and The making or any false affidavit In
connection with said petition shall b.
sec y And ~ IL further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That Co., afore-
at the next General Election for Members
uf rhe General Assembly held In this
State, submitted to the legai and quail
rejection ia pursuance of The directions
contained i'll Article XVI of the Constitu-
tion of this State, ana at the said zen
amendment to the Constitution shall b.
NY. ballot; and upon each ballot shall be
III Amendment and Against the Gon-
sritutional Amendment a. now provid-
VI by law, and Immediately after said
election due return shall by made to the
Governor " the vote for ana against said
proposed amendment a. directed by the
said Fourteenth Article of the Constitu-
tion.
approved April 10th. 1914
CHAPTER 453.
An Act To propose ara amendment ~
Article I'LL, of tile Constitution VI the
State ~ Maryland, by adding a new sec
tion, ~ be known III Section GO, and To
provide for the submission of said
Amendment -to the qualified voters of rAis
State for adoption Or rejection.
Sec !. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland Cthree-f fths. OF all
the Members Off each DIT THE two Houses
concnrringl. That the following new see
tor be and the same u hereby proposed
Legislative Department or the Consti-
tuition or the State OF Maryland the
same To be inserted after Section DO and
To be known as Section 90; and if adopt
as herein provided, said Section shall h.
come a part or Article Hi OF the Constf-
tuition OF Maryland.
Section co. The General Assembly III
Maryland shall have the power to provide
by suitable general enactment (a1 for I'm
criminal cases; (by for any form Or in-
determinate sentence I'm criminal cases.
and cd for The release upon parole in
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe, of convicts imprisoned
&c. p And d. IL further enacted by
The authority aforesaid. That the said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall at
the next ensuing general election, To ~
Monday in the month or November. 1915,
be submitted to The legal ana qualified
voters OF Maryland for their adoption WI
rejection in pursuance OF The directions
contained in Article H. or THE Constitution
MA this State and ATT the said election the
Constitution shall be BY ballot ana upon
each ballot there shall be written nr