Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1915-10-08

not more than half shall b. residents Of
baltimore City. or Of any one county.
provided that any public local law for
f1y one county or the city or Baltimore
shan be referred BY the Secretary OF
State only to the people Of said county
or City OF Baltimore. upon referendum
petition OF 10 per cent OF the Quelineo
voters Of said county CT 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 Gubernatoriai election.
ID II more than onc-half. but less than
the full number OF signatures REQUIRED
to complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the General
Assembly, be hled with Secretary or
State before the nrst day Of June. ths
time FOR the law to take eject. and for
fling the remainder Of signatures 70
complete the petition shall be extended
to the thirtieth day Of the same month
with like effect
Section l. A petition may consist Of
several papers. but each paper shall con-
tain the full text Of the Act or part Of
Act netilioned upon; and there shall Be
attached to each such paper an aiiidavit
Of the person procuring the signatures
thereon that OF the said persons own
personal knowledge every signature
At@|H A"%"@
that the siRners are registered voters OF
the State Of Maryland. and OF the City
Of Baltimore, or county. a. the case
may be. as set opposite their names.
and no other verincation shall be re-
CURED
Section ! (a). The Genaral Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF tue State the text OF all measures 10
be voted uDon BY the people: provided.
that until otherwise provided b. law the
same shall be published in the manner
preacfibcu % Article XIV OF the Con-
stitutlen lor the publication Of proposed
Constitutional Amendments.
TO- All laws referred under the pro-
visions Of this Article shah be submit
ted separately on the ballots 10 the vot-
srs OF the people. but II containing more
than Two hundred words. the full text
shall not be printed on the official bal
ioIs. but the Secretary Of State shah pre-
pare and submit ballot title Of each
such measure in such form rs to pre-
sent the purpose Of said measure coa-
ciaely and intelliyently. The ballot tilis
may be distinct from the legislative u
sle. but In any case tbs iesisietlse utis
/ .h1li be sufficssnt. Upon each Of the bal
| lots following the ballot Title Or tsAt,
a. me cass may be. OF each such meas
ure. there s..all BE- printed the words
for the referred law and Against the
referred law" as the case may be. The
| votes cast for aud against any such re-
ferred law shall be returned 10 the GOV.
ernor In the manner prescribed with re-
| Bpsct to proposed amendments to the
I Constitution under Article XIV Of this
\ Constitution, and the Governor shRl pro-
| claim the result Of the electisn. and. v
IL shall appear that the majority Of the
votes cast on any such Measure uers east
I Ia favor thereof. the Governor shall ~
\ L. lar q baV-
Ing received a majority OF the votes to
have been adopted by the people Of
Maryland as a part Of the laws OF the
| State, to take effect thirty days after
guch election, and In like manner and
with like effect the Governor shall pro-
10 any Public Local Law which shail
have been submitted to the voters OF
any county or the City Of Baltimore
Section s. 10 law or Constitutional
Amssaamsss ssasssisaE Esss 5sas RsS;
the manufacture or sale OF malt or npir-
ituous liquors, shall be referred or re-
peaied under any Act OF the provisions
Of this Article.
Section . And be It enacted BY the
General Assembly of Maryland. That the
foregoing Article hereby proposed a. 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. for
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 be printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the consti-
tutional Amendment" as prescribed by
law. and Immediately after said election
5 due returns shall be made to the Coy
{ ernor Of the vote for and against said
I amendment as directed BY the said Ar
= ticle xiv of the Constitution.
AQproved Anril 18th 1914