The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-09-10

SEQ. S. Amendments to any charter
adopted by the City OF Baltimore or
by any county of this State under the
provisions of this Article may be pro-
posed by a resolution of the Mayor OF
Baltimore and the City Council of said
City of Baltimore or the Council of said
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 to
complete 4 petition, and filed with
the Mayor of Baltimore or the Presi-
dent of the County Council, and when
so 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 fling of said
petition, and if at said election the
majority OF the votes cast for and
against said amendment shall be in
favor thereof, said amendment shall
be adopted and become 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 a week for FIVE successive weeks
prior TO said election in at least one
newspaper published in said city or
county.
Sec S. The power heretofore con-
ferred upon the General Assembly to
prescribe the number, compensation,
powers and duties Of the County Com
lnissioners in each county. and the
power TO make changes in Sections
10 s inclusive. Article XI of this
Constitution, when expressly granted
as hereinbefore provided, are hereby
transferred to the voters of each coun-
ty and the voters of City of Balti-
moro. respectively, provided that said
powers so 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.
Sec. 7. The word Petition" as used
In this Article, means one or more
sheets written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed; sigma
ture" means the signature OF a reg
istered voter written by himself in
his own handwriting land not by his
mark. together with the ward or dis
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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 or
more registered voters of the city or
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 peti
ton shall be forgery, and the making
of any false affidavit in connection
with said petition shall be perjury.
Sec. 2. And be it 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, for
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 upon each ballot shall be
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 Tor
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar.
ticle Of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914