The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-29

Sec. 6. The power heretofore con-
ferred upon the General Assembly to
prescribe the number, compensation,
powers and duties of the County Com
missioners in each county, and the
power to make changes in Sections
1 to 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-
more, respectively, provided that said
powers so transferred shall be ex-
ercised only by the adoption or amend
ment Of charter as hereinbefore pro-
vided; 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. Z. 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 (and not by his
mark), together with the ward or dis
trict and precinct in which he is reg
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
tion 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 for
and against said proposed amendment
S1I = u,
ticle of the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914.
CHAPTER 453.
An Act to propose an amendment to
Article III, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, by adding new
Section, to be known as Section so.
and to provide for the submission of
said Amendment to the qualified voters
of this State for adoption or rejec-
ton.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland (three
fifths of all the Members of each of
the two Houses concurring), That the
following new Section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Article III, title, s"Legislative De-
partment" of the Constitution Of the
State of Maryland, the same to be In
serted after Section So and to be
known as Section so; and if adopted
by the legally qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided said Section shall
become a part of Article III of the
Constitution Of Maryland.
Section so. The General Assembly
of Maryland shall have the power to
provide by suitable general enactment
(a) for the suspension of sentence by
the Court in criminal cases; (b) for
any form Of the indeterminate SEN
tence in criminal cases, and (c) for
the release upon parole in whatever
manner the General Assembly may
prescribe of convicts imprisoned I'M
der sentence for crimes.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
said foregoing Section hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
shall at the next ensuing general cleo
ton, to be held on Tuesday next after
the first Monday In the month of No
yember, 1915, be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of Maryland
for their adoption or rejection in pur-
suance of the directions contained in
Article IA of the Constitution of this
State, and at the said election the
vote on said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot and
upon each ballot there shall be writ
ten or printed the words For the Con-
stitutionaI Amendment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall
be made to the Governor of the vote
for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Article IA
of the Constitution.
Approved April 10th, 1914.
CHAPTER 673.
An Act to amend the Constitution
of Maryland by adding thereto a new
Article to be entitled, Article XVI"
providing for "The Referendum" and
to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, (three-
fifths of all the Members elected to
each of the two Houses concurrlng0,
That the following new and additional
Article, to be known as Article XVI,
title. "The Referendum" be, and the
same IS hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of Maryland,
and il adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof. as herein provided,
1t shall stand as part and as new
and additional Article of said Consti
tuition, to be known and entitled as
aforesaid:
ARTICLE XVI. THE REFERENDUM.
Section l (a). The people reserve
to themselves power known as The
Referendum, by petition to have sub
mitted to the registered voters of the
State, to approve or reject at the
polls, any Act, or part of any Act of
the General Assembly, If approved by
the Governor, or, If passed by the
General Assembly over the veto of the
Governor:
(b) The provisions OF this Article