Montgomery County sentinel., 1915-10-01
CHAPTER 4I6.

An Act to propose an amendment to the
Constitution of this State by adding new
Article thereto to follow Immediately after
Article XII and to be known as Article M-A,
and to provide for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section !. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three- -fifths of all
Members OF each of the two Houses concur
ring). That the following Article to follow
Immediately after Article XII and to be
known as Article XI-A be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, which Article, il
adopted by the qualified voters of this
State, as herein provided, shall thereby
by such adoption be and become a part of
the Constitution of this State
ARTICLE XI-A. LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Section 1. On demand of the Mayor of
Baltimore and City Council of the City of
Baltimore, or on petition bearing the SIGMA
lures OF not less than 20 per cent of the
registered voters Of said city or any county
(provided, however. that in any case 10000
signatures shall be sufficient to complete a
petition), the Board Of Election Supervisors
Of said city or county shall provide at the
hOAh BOhCAdi VI OOhktCoolOildl tICCIlO0, Oc-
curing after such demand or the filing of
such petition, for the election of a charter
board Of eleven registered voters Of said
city or five registered voters in any such
counties. Nominations for members for said
charter board may be made not less than
forty days prior to said election by the
Mayor Of Baltimore and City Council Of the
City Of Baltimore or the County Commits
sioners Of such county, or not less than
twenty days prior to said election BY petit
tiOn bearing the signatures written in their
own handwriting (and not by their mark
OF not less than per cent. of the regis
tered voters Of the said City of Baltimore
or said county; provided. that in any case
two thousand signatures Of registered voters
shall be sufficient to complete any such
nominating petition. and II not more than
eleven registered voters Of the City of Bal
timore or not more than five registered
voters in any such county are so nominated
their names shall not be printed on the
ballot, but said eleven registered voters in
the City of Baltimore or five in such county
shall constitute said charter board from
and after the date Of said election. At said
election the ballot shall contain the names
OF said nominees In alphabetical order
without any indication Of the source of
their nomination. and shall also be so ar
ranged as TO permit the voter to vote for or
against the creation Of said charter board
but the vote cast against said creation shall
not be held to bar the voter from express
ing his choice among the nominees for said
board and If the majority Of the votes cast
for and against the creation Of said char
ter board shall be against said creation the
election of the members Of said charter
board shall be void but IL such majority
shall be in favor Of the creation of said
charter board. then and in that event the
eleven nominees Of the City of Baltimore
or five nominees in the county receiving
the largest number of votes shall constitute
the charter board. and said charter board.
or majority thereof. shall prepare within
six months from the date of said election
a charter or form of government for said
city or such county and present the same
to the Mayor Of Baltimore or President of
the Board of County Commissioners of
such county, who shall publish the same
in at least two newspapers of general cir
culation published in said the City of Bal
timore or county within thirty days after
IL shall be be reported to him. Such char
ter shall be submitted to the voters Of said
city or county at the next general or Con-
gressional election after the report of said
charter to said Mayor Of Baltimore or Presi-
dentof the Board Of County Commissioners
and II a majority Of the votes cast for and
against the adoption Of said charter shall
be in favor Of such adoption, the said char
ter from and after the thirtieth day from
the date Of such election shall become the
law of said city or county, subject only to the
Constitution and Public General Laws of
this State. and any Public Local Laws in
consistent with the provisions of said char
ter and former charter Of said the City of
Baltimore or county shall be thereby re-
pealed.
Sec 2. The General Assembly at the first
session after the adoption Of this amend
ment shall, by Public General Law, provide
grant OF express powers for such county
or counties as may thereafter form char
ter under the provisions of this Article.
Such express powers granted to the coun-
ties and the powers heretofore granted 20
the City Of Baltimore. as set forth in Arti-
Gle 4. Section 6. Public Local Laws Of
Maryland, shall not be enlarged or extended
by any charter formed under the provisions
Of this Article. but such powers may be |
modified. amended or repealed |
by the General Assembly
Sec 3. Every charter so formed shall |
provide for an elective legislative body In |
which shall be vested the law-maiine