The Cecil Whig., 1915-08-07

not more than half shall be residents o.
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 quail ed
voters of said county or City OF Balti-
more, as the case may be, calculated
upon the whole number of votes cas-
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
(b) 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 Genera
Assembly. be filed with Secretary of
State before the first day of June, the
time for the law to take effect. and for
filing the remainder Of signatures 10
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 sha 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 verifcation shall be re-
quired.
Section (a). The General Assembly
shall provide Tor furnishing the voters
OF the state the text of all measures "
be voted upon by the people: provided,
that until Otherwise provided by law the
same shall be published in the manner
prescribed by Article AIV of the Con-
stitution Tor the publication of proposeu
Constitutional Amendments
OBJ All laws referred under the pro-
visions ot TINS Article ShdIl be submit
ted separately On the ballots to the VOC
erS Oi the prOple, but IL containing more
than Two Hunufed words, the fun text
Shall not DC printed Oh lne official bIi-
lots, but the secretary OF State snail pr
pare and submit ballot title of eacn
such measure III sucn form as to pre-
sent the purpose OF SAID measure con-
clsely and lnleIligently. The ballot title
may be uIsInct from the les .dtIEe IL
tie, but ia amy case the les4al4u,s tiIle
shail De suniClent. Upon eacn vi tnu Dali
lots, IonowI.Is the DdIIoI title Ur text,
as the case may be, OF each sucn meas
ure, there snah be printed the words
tor the rGIvrI ed law and "Agains, the
referred law, as the case may b.. Inc
votes cast Tor and against any sucn re-
ferTed law snail be returned 70 the uov
ernOr III the manner prescribed with re-
spect to proposed amendments to ths
Constitution uhuer Article XIV OF this
Constitution, ana the Governor shall pro-
claim the result OF the election, anu II
it shall appear that the majority OF the
votes cast ON any sucn measure were cast
in favor thereof the Governor shall b.
his proclamation declare the same nav
ing received majority of the vot>s to
have been adopted by the peop.e OF
Maryland. as part OF the laws ot the
State, TO take effect thirty days atte.
such election and in like manner and
with like effect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
TO any Pubic Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters OF
any county or the City of Baltimore
Section &. No law or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing, regu.ati pro-
hibitihg, or submitting to local option
the manufacture or sale OF mat or spr-
ituous nguurs, shall be referred or re-
pealed under any Act OF the provisions
ot this Article.
Section ;. And be it enacted by the
General Assembly OF Mary and, That the
IOItSDIuS <AlllClS LtItDN pIblOStu as 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 thefeo.. Ilr
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" ana Against the C-nst.-
tutionaI Amendment" as pr, SC. ID ,d by
law, and Immediately after saiL e. c ion
due returns shall be made to the =, ov-
ernor of the vote for and against SAID
amendment as directed by the sa d Ar.
ticle XIV OF the Constitution.
Approved April 10th, 1911.