The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-14

not more than half shall be residents
Baltimore City. or of any one count
provided that any public local law +
any one county or the City of Baltim
shall be referred by the Secretary
state only to the people of said coua
or City of Baltimore upon a referendJ
petition of 10 DER cent of the qualis
voters of said county or City of Bal
more, as the case may be, calculat
upon the whole number of votes ca
therein respectively for Governor at t
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
(b) II more than one-half, but less tn
the full number of signatures requil
to complete any referendum petite
against any law passed by the Gener
Assembly, be filed with Secretary
State before the first day of June, Il
time for the law to take effect, and f
filing the remainder of signatures
complete the petition shall be extend
to the thirtieth day of the same mon
with like effect.
Section 4. petition may consist
several papers, but each paper shall co
tain the full text of the Act or part
Act petitioned upon; and there sha
attached to each such paper an affidaN
OF the person procuring the signatur
thereon that of the said persons ov
personal knowledge every signatu
thereon is genuine and bona fide, al
that the signers are registered voters
the State of Maryland, and of the CT
OF Baltimore, or county, as the ca
may be, as set opposite their name
and no other verification shall be r
quired.
Section 5 (a). The General Assent
shall provide Tor furnishing the vote
OF the Stale the text OF all measures
be voted upon by the people: provide
that until olnerwlse provided by law I.
same Shall be publisned- in the mann
prescribed by Article AIV of the Col
stituuon Tor the publication of propos,
constitutional Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the DR.
visions OF TINS Article shan be sub.ni
tea separately ON the bauots to the vo
erS OF the people, but II containing mo
than Two huIiuIed words, the fun te.
Snail not Dv printed on the official b.
lots, but the Secretary OF State snail pr
pare and submit ballot title of ca
such measure IN sucn form as to DR.
sent the purpose OIL SAID measure co
clseIy ana lllellgently. The ballot til
may be distinct from the g.a.a.INe
tie, but Iii any case the lesIs4A,i,S ut
shall be sunivlent. Upon eacn ol TIC "
as the Case NAY be, OF each sucn mea-
ure, there sno.I be printed the wJIC
'For the Referred law and "Asains, /.
referred law, as the case may b. IL
votes cast lOr and against any sucu n
1erled law small be Returned TO tine l.or
efhur III the manner prescribed with r
spect TO proposed amendments to II
Constitution under Article XIV OF IN
Constitution, ana the Governor shall pr'
claim the result OF the election, anu,
1t shall appear that the majority OF II
votes cast ON any such measure were ca:
in favor thereof, the Governor shall. b
his proclamation declare the same ma,
ing received d majority of the vot,s
have been adopted by the peop.e
Maryland as bart of the laws OF Il
State, TO take effect thirty days aTtI
such election, and in like manner d
with like effect the Governor snail pr,
claim the result of the local election 1
to any Public Local Law which sha
have been submitted to the voters
any county or the City of Baltimore.
Section 9. No law or Constitution;
Amendment, licensing, regulating. pr,
hibuhg, or submitting TO local option
the Manufacture or sale OF mat or spa
ituous liquors, shall be referred or r,
pealed under any Act of the provis. o .
OF this Article.
Section 2 And be it enacted by III
General Assembly of Maryland, That IT,
foregoing Article hereby proposed as d
amendment to the Constitution OF tn
State, at the next General Election fo
Members OF the General Assembly to b
held in this State, shall be submitted I
the legal and qualified voters thereo.. +,
their adoption or rejection in pursua &c
of the directions contained in Articl
XIV OF the Constitution OF this Stat,
and that at such general election tn
vote upon said proposed amendment I
the Constitution shall be by ballot, an
upon each ballot there shall be printe
the words For the Constitutions
Amendment" and Against the Const
tutional Amendment" as pr, sccib d b
law, and Immediately after said exc 10
due returns shall be made to the GoN
ernor of the vote for and against sal
amendment as directed by the said A
ticle XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914