Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-10

Ghe nrst day OF June next after ne
session at which Il may be passed.
unless Il contain 8 Section declaring
such law an emergency law and nee
essary for the immediate preservation
OF the public health or safety. and
passed upon = yea and nay vote sup
ported By three-ffths OF all the mem
bers elected % each OF the two Houses
OF the General Assembly; provided.
however, that said period OF euspen-
sion may be extended as provided in
Section 8 (b) hereof. II before said
nrst day Of June there shall have been
fled with the Secretary of the State
a petition 70 rezer % vote OF the
people any law or part Of law CAP
able OF referendum. IS IN shis Article
provided. the same shall be referred
BY the Secretary Of State TO such
vote. and shall not become q law or
take effect until thirty days after Its
approval BY majority OF the electors
voting thereon az the next ensuing
election held throughout the State for
Members Of the House Of Representa-
lives Of the United States. An emere
Eency law shall remain in force not
withstanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after hav-
ing been rejected by majority OF tho
qualified electors voting thereon; pro
vided. however. that 90 measure Great
ing or aboiishing any of3ce, or chang
ing the salary, term or duty OF any
officer. 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 institU-
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose,
shall be subject TO rejection or re-
peal under this section. The increase
In any such appropriation FOR main
tanning or aiding any public institu-
ton shall only take effect as In the
ease'oS other laws, and such increase
or any part thereof specified in the
petition, may be referred 20 a vote Of
the people upon petition
Sec. (a). 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 Msry
land, OF whom not more than half
shall be residents Of Baltimore City.
or OF any one county; provided thar
any public local law for any one coun-
" 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 q referendum
petition OF 10 per cent. OF the quail
hed 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 oue-half, but less
than the full number OF signatures re-
quired to complete any referendum pe-
tition against any law passed by the
General Assembly. be fled with Sec
retary Of State before the first day
OF June, the time for the law to take
effect, and for fling the remainder Of
signatures TO complete the petition
shall be extended 10 the thirtieth day
OF the same month with like effect
Sec. i. A petition may consist OF
several papers, but each paper shall
contain the full text Of the Act or part
Of Act petitioned upon; and there shall
be attached to each such paper an
afidavit Of the person procuring the
signatures thereon that Of the said
persons own personal knowledge eV-
cry signature thereon is genuine and
bona 1de, and that the signers are
REGISTERED voters Of the State OF Mary
land, and Of the CITY Of Baltimore, or
county, as the case may be. as set
opposite their names. and no other
verihcation shall be required
F-h A III
shall provide for furnishing the voters
Of the State the text or 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 Constitutional
Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the
provisions Of this Article shall be sub
mitted separately on the ballots 20
the voters Of the people, but II con
tanning more than two hundred words
the full text shall not be printed on
the official ballots, but the Secretary
OF State shall prepare and submit a
ballot title Of each such measure IN
such form as.to present the purpose Of
ecs4A uA0a9uAS lbAgAeGAg aAlQ AuNtA4l-
gently. The ballot title may be dis
tinct from the legislative title, but IN
any case the legislative title shall be
sufficient. Upon each Of the ballots,
following the ballot title or text, as
the case may be, Of each such meas
ure, there shall 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 referred law shall be returned 70
the Governor in the manner prescribed
with respect to proposed amendments
10 the Constitution under Article XIV
OF this Constitution, and the Governor
shall proclaim the result of the cleo
uon, and, II II shall appear that the
majority Of the votes cast on any such
measure were cast IN favor thereof.
the Governor shall by his proclarna,
uon declare the same having received
majority OF the votes to have been
adopted by the people OF Maryland az
q part OF the laws Of the State, to
take effect thirty days after such cleo
uon, and In like manner and with like
eneet the Governor shall proclaim the
result Of the local election as to any
Public Local Law which shall have
peen submitted TO the voters Of any
county or the City Of Baltimore.
Sec. 8. No law or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing regulating, pro
nloiung, or submitting to local op-
4 ~ a.