The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-09-25

not more than half shall be residents OF
Baltimore City, or of any one county:
provided that any public local law for
any one county or the City of Baltim IRE
shall be referred by the Secretary OF
State only to the people of said county
or City of Baltimore, upon a referendum
petition of 10 per cent of the qualiied
voters of said county or 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 Gubernatorial election.
OBJ If more than one-half, but less than
the full number of signatures required
to complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the General
Assembly. be filed with Secretary OF
State before the first day of June, the
time for the law to take effect and for
Ming the remainder of signatures TO
! complete the petition shall be extended
to the thirtieth day Of the same month
with like effect
Section 4. A petition may consist of
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain the full text of the Act or part of
Act petitioned upon; and there shall be
attached to each such paper an affidavit
OF the person procuring 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 of the City
OF Baltimore. or county, as the case
may be, as set opposite their names.
and no other verification shall be re-
quired.
Section (a). The General Assembly
Shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text of all measures 10
be voted upon by the people; provided,
that until Otherwise provided by law tue
same shall he published in the manner
prescribed by Article XIV of the Con-
stitutlon Tor the publication of proposed
Constitutional Amendments.
90 All laws referred under the pro-
visions OF TINS Article SHAH be submit
ted separately on the ballots to the vot-
ers OF the people, but If containing more
than TWO hundred words. the fun text
snail not be printed on the Official BAL
lols, but the secretary of State shall pre-
pare and submit ballot title of eacu
such measure III sucn form as to pre-
sent the purpose OF SAID measure coA-
cisely ana lnleiIigently. The ballot title
may be uIstinct from the legs -oIve IL
tie, but IN ANY case the Legislative litIe
snail be suHClent. Upon eacn VI the uaI-
lols, 4ono"ins the DdIlot title or text
as the cas- sIlIdy ue, OF each sucn meas
ure, there snaIl be printed the words
'tor the referred law and Against tne
votes cast Tor and against any such re-
ferred law small be returned 10 the Gov
ernor in the manner prescribed with re-
spect TO proposed amendments to the
Constitution under Article XIV OF tins
Constitution, and the Governor shall pro-
claim the result OF the election. ana, II
II small appear that the majority of the
votes cast on any Such measure We're cast
In favor thereof. the Governor shall b.
his proclamation declare the same hav-
ing received a majority of the votes to
nave been adopted by the people OF
Maryland as d part of the laws of the
State, 10 take erect thirty days afte.
such election, and in like manner ana
with like effect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
to any Public Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters o.
any county or the City of Baltimore.
Section .. No law or constitutional.
Amendment, licensing, regulating, pro-
hibiting, or submitting to local option,
the manufacture or sale OF malt or spT
ituous LIQUORS, shall be referred or re-
pealed under any Act OF the provisions
OF this Article.
Section g And be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland, That the
foregoing Article hereby proposed as al
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 Articl
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 printel
the words For the CONSTITUTIONS,
Amendment" and Against the CJnst.
tutonal Amendment" as pr, scribrd b.
law, and Immediately after said e.,c ion
due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor IF the vote for and against sli.
amendment as directed by the said a
ticle XIV of the Constitution
Approved April 10th, 1911,