Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-21

70 provide for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection
Section ]. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland. (three.
GfthB OF al the Members elected 90
each OF the two Houses ooncurring)
That the following new and additional
Article. TO Be known as Article XVI.
title. The Referendum" be. and the
same IL hereby proposed a. an amend
msnt 70 the Constitution of Maryland.
and II adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof. as herein provided,
1t shall stand 40 part and as q new
and additional Arttcle Of said Consti-
sution, % be known and entitled as
Aforesaid:
ARTICLE XVI. THE REFERENDUM
Section ] (a). The people reserve
to themselves power known as The
Referendum. By petition 20 have sub
mitted 60 the registered voters Of the
State. 20 approve or reject az the
polls. any Act. or part Of any Act ci
the General Assembly. II approved By
the Governor, or. IL passed By the
General Assembly over the veto Of the
Governor:
(b) The provisions OF this Article
shall be self-executing; provided thai
additional legislation In furthsranos
thereof and not In conflict Herewith
may be enacted.
Sec. 2. No law enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly shall take effect until
the first day OF June next after the
session at which it may be passed
unless II contain a Section declarins
such law an emergency law and nee
essary for the immediate preservation
OF the public health or safety. and
passed upon Q yea and may vote sup
| ported by three-fifths OF all the mem
! bers elected TO each Of the two Houses
OF the General Assembly; provided
however, that said period Of suspen.
Section (b) hereof. n before said
first day OF June there shall have been
nied with the Secretary OF the State
petition to refer to q vote % the
people any law or part OF a law cap
able OF referendum. an I'm ehis Article
provided. the same shall bs referred
by the Secretary Of Stats % such
vote, and shall not become Q law OF
take effect until thirty days after its
approval by majority Of the electors
voting thereon at the next ensutng
election held throughout the State for
Members Of the House Of Representa-.
tives OF the United States. An emer.
sency law shall remain IN force not.
withstanding such petition. but shail
stand repealed thirty days after hav
ing been rejected by O majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon; pro
vided, however. that no measure Great
Ing or abolishing any ONCE. or chang
ing the salary, term or duty Of any
ofhcer. or granting any franchise or
special privilege, or creating any vest.
ed right or interest shall be enacted
as an emergency law. No law max.
ing any appropriation for maintaining
the State Government, or for main.
tanning or aiding any public fnstitu
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose
shall be subject to rejection or re
| peal under this section. The increase
I'm any such appropriation for main
tanning or aiding any public fnstitu
tion shall only take effect as In the
| case Of other laws. and such increase
or any part thereof specified I'm the
| petition, may be referred TO q vote OF
the people upon petition.
Sec. ta). The referendum peti
ton against an Act or part OF an Act
passed by the General Assembly, shall
be sufficient II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters OF the State Of Mary
land. OF whom not more than hall
shall be residents OF Baltimore City
or OF any one county: provided that
any public local law for any one coun.
ty or the City OF Baltimore 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.
fed voters Of said county or City OF
Baltimore as the case may be, cal.
culated upon the whole number OF
votes cast therein respectively for
Governor at the last preceding Guber.
material election.
(b) II more than one-haif, but less
than the full number OF signatures re.
| quired to complete any referendum Dc.
tition against any law passed by the
General Assembly. be filed with Sec.
retary OF State before the nrst day
Of June, the time for the law to take
effect. and for dling the remainder OF
signatures TO compiees sAe petition
shall be extended to tho thirtieth a.
Of the same month with like effect
Sec. 4. A petition may consist o,
several papers. but each paper shall
| contain the full text Of the Act or par;
| or Act petitioned upon: and there shall
be attached to each such paper an
| afiidayit OF the person procuring the
/ signatures thereon that Of the said
persons own personal knowledge sv
cry signature thereon II genuine and
bona hde, and that the signers are
registered voters Of the State Of Mary
county, as the case may be, as sci
opposite their namee. and no other
verification shall be required.
Sec. (a). The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text Of all measures
to be voted upon by the people; pro
vided. that until otherwise provided
by law the same shall be published
in the manner prescribed by Article
XIV Of the Constitution for the pub
lication OF proposed Constitutions
| Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the
provisions Of this Article shall be sub
mitted separately on the ballots tC
the voters OF the people, but II con
tanning more than two hundred words
the full text shall not be printed or
the Official ballots, but the Secretary
Of State shall prepare and submit {
ballot title Of each such measure ir
such form as to present the purpose o
said measure concisely and intelli
gently. The ballot title may be dis
tinct from the legislative title. but IN
any case the legislative title shall b.
sufficient. Upon each OF the ballots
following the ballot title or text, q,
the case may be. Of each such meas
ure. there shall be printed the words
For the referred law" and "Agains
the referred law" as the case may be
The votes cast for and against AM
such referred Law shall be returned Il
me Governor In the manner prescribed
sith respect to proposed amendment
% the Constitution under Article xIN
II this Constitution, and the Covsrnol