The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-06

Sc n mp law enacted Nv the Gen.
Assembly shall take effect until the -frst
which ii may Tx passed, unless III nmn-. AZ
IN Section declaring such laW an a+aaa
gency iaw -and necessary Tor tAe immaSi
Are preservation ot the public heaIrh III
safety and passed upon u yea anT w. NJ
AUIe 1upI Urted MN three hfths WV NH la ay
members elected w each VI rhe rTa
vided, however, that said period ~ s sTS'
pension may be extended as pruyifa5 Nj
Section lby hereof iii before sata
trst day. of June there shall laTe 5 ~
petition to refer to VI vote III tha nannIa
amy law or part of the law canayIa IN
referendum, ~ Az this Article provided
the same shall be referred INV tla Sa-o'
tary W State " such vote, and sLa ieF ne+
become "A law or take effect uutIl rbirtv1
days after IT, approval by majority ~
the electors TGLnE ra thereon at the neSt
State Tor Members Nj Thu House III Rap.
resentatives of the United States. an
emergency law shall remain in torce not-
stand repealed thirty days after having
been rejected by "A majority " INV InaTIfss
tied electors voting thereon; provided,
hGMeESeiT fnat n@ or measure ~ creating "
salary, term W duty OF any Utiser. ~
granting any franchise or special privil.
ege, Oh creating any vested right Or I'LL
terest. shall be enacted a. an emergency
law. No law making any apprupriariop
for maintaining the state Government, IN
for maintaining or aiding any public hit
stitution- not exceeding the next previous
appropriation FOR the same purpose shall
be subject to rejection or repeal under
this section The increase in any such
appropriation for maintaining or aiding
any public Institution shall only taka
effect a. in case of other laws and such
increase or any part thereof specified IN
the petition, may be referred to vote "
TIN people upon petition.
nl IVA wnFn d,,ra
against an ACT OIL part Of an Act passed
by the General Assembly, shall h. sum
cient If signed ply tn thousand qualified
voters OF the State of Maryland, III whom
not more than half shall be residents ~
Baltimore City, or "a any ore county;
amy one county or the City of Baltimore
shall tx referred Ply the. Secretary q
State only To the people "a SAID county
WI City of Baltimore, upon referendum
petition of 10 per cent of the qualified
voters Or said county OF CITY of Balri-
more as ,the case may, r., calculated upon
the whole number of votes cat therein
respectively for Governor at TIE last pre-
ceding GubernatOrial election.
tb) If more than one-half, but Tess
than the full number of signatures r.
quired to complete any referendum petit
ton against any law passed by the zen
eral Assembly. be fled with the Secretary
time for the law TO take effect, ana for
filing the remainder of signatures to
complete the petition shall BE- extended to
49, thirtieth day of the same month with
like effect
Sec. n IA petition may consist ot sever
Ill papers, but each paper snail contain
the full text of the act petitioned upon;
and there shall be attached to each such
paper an affidavit or the person procuring
THE signatures thereon that OF rhe said
persons own personal knowledge every
signature thereon ~ genuine ana bona
fde, ana That the signers are registered
voters of thu State of Maryland. ana the
city on Baltimore, OF county, al IT, case
may DE-, a. set opposite their names and
SEC. (aD- The General Assembly. sAall
provide for furnishing the votes IA rhe
State the text of all measures, M be voted
upon by the people, provided, that untIl
be published In tn manner prescribed Ply
Article XIV OF the Constitution .Or ne
publication OF proposed constitutional
FOR the publication or proposed COnstttu-
IbJ All laws referred under the pro
visions or this Article shall be submitted
separately on the ballors TO the voters "
two hundred words, THE full text shall not
be printed On the official ballots. hnt the
Secretary or State shall prepare
and submit VI, ballot tl t of eaf II
present the purpose Or said measure con-
cfsely and fntelliEently. The ballot title
may By distinct from The legislative tltlee;,
DuI iii Auy case lHc AN@lSlhtLNC A-tiN $780,
be sufficient. Upon each of the ballots.
following the ballot title or text. as the
case may be, az each such measure, there
s ha n aRP printed edd he jill
law a. the case may ~. The votes cast
Tor and against any such referred laW
shall b. returned to The Governor ia the
manner prescribed with respect M p Io,
under Article XIV IN this Constitution,
ana the Governor shall proclaiin, the Isl e.
that the majority OF the votes. cay ~
any such measure were cast ln fayoi
thereof, the Governor shall by his procla,
nation declare the same having received
a majority OF the votes to have heen
adopted by the people of Maryland III
part Or The laws Of the State to take
effect thirty days after such election and
iii like manner and with like effect tht
Governor shall proclaim the result Cf the
local election VII to any Public Local Law
which shall have been submitted 10 fne
voters Of any county or the City of Bai-
Sec. .. No law VI constitutional
Amendment, licensing. regulating, pro-
hibiting, or submitting To loeal option
tuous liquors, shall b. referred or re.
pealed under any Act az the provisions N
this Article
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the fore,
going Article hereby proposed as Ar
amendment to the Constitution of this
state, AT the next G6ueTHl LltGllun ~
Members Ny TIL General Assembly X. bt
held iii this State, shall be submitted tc
the legal and qualified voters thereof iOl
their adoption or rejection I'D pursuance
of thu Constitution or this State, and tha1
ait such general election thu vote upon sait
proposed amendment To The Constitution
shall ~ Ny ballot, ana upon each bale
there shall be printed the words -For tht
Constitutional Amendment and "AEa1nsi
the Constitutional Amendment" AZ pre
scFibed by law. and immedlately attel
To The Governor Of the vote for ant
against said amendment as directed hy
the said Article KY of the Constitution
LEE GoIpsBo Gl5TA GovERNoR 81
THE STATE OF MARYLAND in pur'
fon N Ptce ~ t6e
the State of Maryland, DO HEREBY OR.
DER AND DIRECT, that copy OF east
of said above recited Acts of the Genera
Assembly OF Maryland OF 1914, be pub
lished III at least two newspapers in eact
OF the counties OF THE State and lin three
newspapers published in The city pa Bal'
~ In the city Or Baltimore to b. publish.
ed in the German language, once wees
for at least three months next preceding
the election to BE- held fri said State "a
Maryland on the Tuesday next after tnt
first Monday In November, 1915: 40 ~
which election The said proposed amend.
ments and additions 10 the G0nstltltloI
OF Maryland, shall By submitted in form
ana manner prescribed by the General 49,
Sembly, to thu legal and qualified voters
of the State Tor their adoption or re1ec-
tIOn.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL or THE STATE
DONE at the city Or Annapolis, on tnis
20th any OF July, in the year of on
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
fifteen
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDsBOROUGH