Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1915-09-24

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 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 qualified
voters Of said county or City Of Baltl-
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 II 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
filing the remainder Of signatures 10
complete the petition shall be extended
to the thirtieth day Of the same month
with like effect.
Section T. 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 sald 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 verihcation shall be re-
quired-
Section s (a). The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text Of all measures to
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that until otherwise provided by law the
same shall be published in the manner
prescribed by Article XIV OF the Con-
stitutlon Tor the publication Of proposed
Constitutional Amendments.
(bl All laws referred under the pro-
visions Of this Article shall be submit
ted separately on the ballots to the yot-
ers OF the people. but II containing more
than two hundred words. the full text
shall not be printed on the official ball
lots, but the Secretary OF State shall pre-
pare and submit ballot title OF each
such measure In such form as to pre-
sent the purpose OF said measure cons
cisely and inteliigently. The ballot title
may be distinct from the legislative IL
tie, but In any case the legislative titis
shall be sufficient. Upon each OF the bal
lots. following the ballot title or text,
as the case may be, of each sucn meas
ure. there sLan be printed the words
For the referred law" and Against the
referred law" as the case may be. The
votes cast for and against any such re-
ferred law shall be returned to the Gov.
ernor In the manner prescribed with re-
spect to proposed amendments to the
Constitution under Article XIV OF thus
Constitution, and the Governor shall pro-
claim the result Of the election. and. il
ii shall appear that the majority Of the
votes cast on any such measure were cast
in favor thereof, the Governor shall BY
his proclamation declare the same hav-
ing received a majority Of the votes to
have been adopted by the peop.e OF
Maryland US a part OF the laws OF the
State. to take effect thirty days after
such election. and in like manner and
with like effect the Governor shall pro-
claim the result of the local election as
to any Public Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters OF
any county or the City of Baltimore.
Section 6. No law or Constitutional
Amsndment, licensing, regulating. pro-
the manufacture or sale OF malt spir-
ltuous liquors. shall be referred Or re-
pealed under any Act OF the provisions
Of this Article.
Section 2. And be 1t enacted by the
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foregoing Article hereby proposed 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 thereof, for
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 and Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment" as prescribed by
law. and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor OF the vote for and against said
amendment as directed by the said Ar
ticle XIV of the Constitution.
Approved AprII 18th 1914