The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-27

al legislation i'll furtherance +b.
nog III conillct Herewith may M NJ Sa4
i Assembly shall take effect until iIe General
day of June next after tn sar lne fFst
which II may be passed unless sIi4 II w
ar SeclIo on declaring such law an V eGl.
ATE preservation Of the public mined.
safety. ana passed upon Viii neal lh N
vote supported by three -fftis Nv al u, Gay
m mense of e Zee to each of the tue Tue
yided. however, that said period "a Pep
\ pension may be extended III nrnv n sus
Section CD hereof. II bef Orauea ~
4ia5 Jay 0i June there shall have S Saaa
petition TO refer to vote Or tha ptate
amy lazy or part OF the TAM pPeople
referendum. as in this Article proVid.G5t
/ tary Of State to such vote, ana III sGoS Seere-
\ become law or take effect nnt ITatt II hot
days after lts approval by 4 maiori tIlfi!
ensuing election held throughout n ~
State for Members Of the Honsa ~ tle
resentatlves of the United Sfntas hep-
emergency en-. law shall remain III force han AZ
stand repealed thirty DAYS after hn saal
been rejected by q majority Of the A GnaIs
\ ned electors voting thereon; proS WIFI
however, that no measure creating y,
salary, term or duty of any ofBes Us
granting amy franchise or special nr.iy Nj
eye, or creating any vested right al Il;
terest. shall De enacted as an emergency
law. No law making any apprOnriat;o!
for maintaining the State Government \.
\ for maintaining or aiding any publin N
stitution, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same PURPOSE SbsI
be subject to rejection or repeal un TIs
| this section The increase in any Unit
appropriation for maintaining WI ai5ira
any public institution shall only taEss
effect as in case of other laws, and sucS
/ increase or any part thereof specified IN
the petition, may be referred to a yota ~
the people upon petition.
against an Act or part of an Act passed passed
4 by the General Assembly shall ba ma
cient If signed by ten thousand uualidad
voters Of the State Of Maryland, Of whom
Baltimore City. or of any one county:
Any one county q the City Of Baltimore ~
or City Of Baltimore, upon a referendum
petition M 10 per cent Of the qualified
voters Of said county or City Of Balti-
the whole number of votes east therein
respectively for Governor at the last nra
ceding Gubernatorial election.
! (b) If more than one-half, but, less
/ than the full number of signatures re,
| quired to complete any referendum peti.
ton against any law passed by tile t1pn.
eral Assembly, be filed with the Secretary
Of State before the first day of June the
time for the law to take effect ana for
complete the petition shall be extended to
lne thirtieth day Of the same month with
| like effect.
Sec. T. A petition may consist of sever
al papers, but each paper shall contain
| the full text OF the Act petitioned upon:
and there shall be attached to each such
the signatures thereon that Of the said
persons own personal knowledge every
signature thereon Is genuine and bona
fide, and that the signers are registered
voters of the State Of Maryland and the
City Of Baltimore, or county. as the case
may be, as set opposite their names, and
no other verifcation shall be required.
Sec. 5 (a). The General Assembly. shall
State the text Of all measures to be voted
upon by the people; provided, that until
otherwise provided by law the same shall
be published in the manner prescribed by
publication Of proposed Constitutional
for the publication Of proposed COnstitu-
tional Amendments.
OBJ All laws referred under the pro-
visions Of this Article shall be submitted
separately on the ballots to the voters OF
the people, but If containing more than
two hundred words, the full text shall not
he printed on the official ballots. but the
Secretary of State shall prepare
and submit ballot title OF each
such measure in such form as to
present the purpose of said measure con
cisely and fnteiligently. The ballot title
may De distinct from the Legislative title,
but i'd any case the legislative title shall
lie sufficient. Upon each of the ballots.
case may be, Of each such measure, there
shall be printed the words For the rel
ferred law and Against the referred
law" as the case may be. The votes east
shall be returned to the Governor in the
manner prescribed with respect to pro-
posed amendments to the CONSTITUTION
under Article XIV of this Constitution
and the Governor shall proclaim the re-
suit Of the election, and, If it shall appear
that the majority of the votes cast on
any such measure were cast in favor
thereof, the Governor shall by his procla.
nation declare the same having received
a majority OF the votes 10 have beeh
adopted by the people Of Maryland as
part of the laws of the State, 10 take
effect thirty days after such election, and
in like manner and with like effect m
Governor shall proclaim the result OF the
local election as to any Public Local Law
which shall have been submitted to the
voters Of any county or the City Of BAL
zee. 8. No law Or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing. regulating, pro
the manufacture or sale Of malt or spirl-
tuOus liquors, shall be referred or re.
pealed under any Act OF the provisions OF
this Article.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That The fore
going Article hereby proposed as AZ
amendment to the Constitution OF TINS
State, at the next General Election for
Members of the General Assembly to be
held in this State, shall be submitted ~
the legal and qualified voters thereof, tor
their adoption or rejection in pursuance
of the directions contained in Article ny
Of the Constitution Of this State ana tha,
MT such general election the vote upon sald
proposed amendment to the CONSTRUCTOR o.
shall he by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment az pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately after
to the Governor of the vote for and
against said amendment as directed Dy
the said Article XIV Of the Constitution
Approved April 10th. 1914.
LEE GOLDsBOROTGH, GOVERNOR ~
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, An pur-
suance Of the direction contained In sec.
the State of Maryland, DO HEREBY OR
DER AND DIRECT, that copy of eachl
or said above recited Acts OF the Genera
Assembly Of Maryland of IDA. be pup
lished in at least two newspapers in eacn
of the counties of the State and IN three
newspapers published In the city of Bal-
timore, one of which newspapers pun,ishh-
ed in the city of Baltimore to be puDlsI,-
ed in the German language, once ween
for mt least three months next preceding
the election to be held III said state "a
Maryland on the Tuesday next after, the
first Monday in November, 1915: and AZ
which election the said proposed amend
ments and additions to the CONSTITUTION
of Maryland, shall be submitted. II form
and manner prescribed by the General AS,
sembly, TO the legal and qualified voters
of the State for their adoption or rejec-
ton
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE.
DONE Mt the City Of Annapolis. on thls
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