Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

exceptions, and comforting powers Of chat
tsr amendment and home rule upon sue
municipal corporations.
SKcr1oM !. Be u enacted by the Genera
J Asssmbly of Maryland, (Three-ffths of Al
the members of each of the two Houses con
: curring), That the following Article, to fol
low Immediately after Article lid, and +
be known as Article lie, be and the sam
is hereby proposed as an amendment to tn
Constitution Of Maryland which Article, i
adopted by the qualified voters of the Stat
of Maryland, as herein provided, shall there
BY, by adoption, be and become part Of th,
Constitution of Maryland:
ARTICLE lie
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Section I. Except as provided sIsswhsYi
in this article, the General Assembly shall
not pass any l0v relating to the inc0yborG
tioH, organization, government, 0r GfdiTy Of
those municipal corporations which are Ho
authorized BY article ia OF ths Constits
fioi. TO have q chGr:er form Of oovsrnmsn
tUhiek uiH be special or local in its terms o,
in its affect, bat the General Assembly shall
act in relation TO the incorporation, or
0GniSation, 0overnment, or GfGirS of on,
such municipal corporation only by genera
id1Vs svh,eh shall IN their terms and m then
effect apply alike to all municipal corpora
for in Section 2 of this article. IL shall b.
the duty of the General assembly to brovids
by Idw the method BY which asw ssHnicibdl
corporations shall BE- formed.
| Section 2. The General Assembly, BY
lotC, shall classify oil such municipal cor
thas four eIGssss based ON population a.
dstsvniinsd b. the most gsesNt census made
1ndsv the 6ssthOvity of the United States on
the State Of Neryl0Nd. No more than one
sSch grouping Of ntNSicibaJ CORPORATIONS into
four (or fesUeyj classes shall BE- in effect at
aHy tirns, and the enactment Of env such
grosfiso Of S'snic;pd corporations into four
Tor fslgwl eIassss shall SsbsaI any such
oroSpis0 Of ssvnicipoI corporations i,sto four
| Tor fswsYJ classes then iN effect. Municipal
coYboYdtions shall BE- classified only a. tro-
Vidsd IN this sections end not otherwise.
Section ;. Any s1ck municipal eoybors.
,'s~ 20. 70 sss;s'.0 q hsrsstss' s,sa.sd sasl!
or repeal On ssistiN0 charter on local lasus
relating to the incoypoyGston, or0cnisation,
government, or af6irs of said municipal
corboydti0S heretofore sNGctsd BY the General
AsSsmbly Of NoryldHd, and (b) to adopt O
Ssw charter, and to amend oy vsfsaI say
charter sdoftsd "mder the Provisions Of this
article.
Section 4. The adoption Of Q SEN charter,
the amendment Of any charter or local IasUS,
or the ysbs0I of any part of charter or local
IGsUJ shall BE- proposed either BY o resolution
of the legislative body of cny ssch nsnnicifol
corporation or by o petition containing The
si0n0tsrss of at least five Per cent of the
and filed Nth the Legislative body of said
rsHnicibGl corporation. The General As.
ssmbly shall 6mplify the provisions Of this
section BY general Iasu in any manner rot
iseonsistsnt Nth this Article.
Section S. NotwithJt0Hdin0 oWy 0ther
Z. L. a.
ssnsbly may enact, amend, OF repeal local
I0sUs placing Q Hsa<i1Hm Iinit or the rate
at which property td<ss may be imposed by
0Hy such municipal corporation and YsowI0t-
iso the ns6Simvs1 d1so~nt Of debt which may
BE- iHeSgYsd BY any 1sMnieitGi eoypoT0tion.
HowsVr, no sSek local lou sh0II become
ton sMtI end snless Il shGB kays been sp.
proved q . rsoslor ~ special SsSnicifdI
election By . SsGjoritJ Of tie VOtsrs Of that
NO SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORA.
TON SHALL LEVY ANY TYPE OF
Tax FTcE MSc ZEE TSAN MG ~ TAX AK
FEcT IN SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPO.
E EEsO II 81 SHALL }4NS REEccE1vt ;TSak Rx
PRESS AUTHORIZATION OF THE
G GEN HSE6Astt ASSEMBLY uT FoR SUCH Oh
Md1SA N 44S 1GNM9 ANIL Lao EC'
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ONE
OR MORE OF THE CLASSES PRO.
vIDED FOR IN SECTION 2 OF THIS
ARTICLE. An eh0rtsY provisions enacted
sesdey Ms authority Of Section ; Of thiS
Article .haH be sSbjset 70 sny local Iasu'
enacted By the Gsnsrs' Asssnibly end ef-
frovisioRs Of this ssctioS.
Section 8. An eh0rtr tyovisioNs, ~
sSssNdNssNts tkSvSto, 6dobtsd Vadsv the pro-
visions of this Article, shall be SNbisct to
oil applicable I1Ds s-0eted BY the General
Assembly; sFcept thot any local IosUs, 0,
ration, organization, government, o. ofdir;
Of any municipal corporation and enacted
before this article becomes effective, shall
b. sSbject to eny charter provisions, or
dtnendnssnts thereto. adopted snder the pro.
visions of this Article. AHy local lou, or
snendnsnfs thereto, relating to the '"corRo.
ration, organization, government, or affairs
of any municipal CORPORATION and in effect at
the time this Article becomes effective, shall
BE- subject to any applicable State Id1U en-
acted otter this Article becomes effective.
Al lalps enacted by the General Assembly
and in effect at the time this article becomes
effective, shall remain in effect until amend
visions Of this Constitution. NOTHING IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CON.
STRUED TO AUTHORIZE ANY MUM.
CIPAL CORPORATI0N, BY ANY
CHAPTER wl1SE T9 pd PERMIT ANY SY Asst AGF
LAWS OF THIS STATE CONCERNING
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SAB
BATH DAY OR THE MANUFACTURE,
BEVERAGES.
SEC. 2. And BE- It further enacted, That
the aforegoing Article hereby proposed as
| an amendment to the Constitution of Mary
land, shall, at the election to be held in
November, 1854, be submitted to the qualified
voters of the State of Maryland for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of Maryland, and at the said
general election the vote on the proposed
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words "For Constitutional
Amendment and Against Constitutional
Amendment, as now provided by law, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote
as directed se By Article XIV Of the constita'
tion and further proceedings had in &C.
| cordance with said Article XIV.
| CHAPTER NO. IS
AN ACT 10 propose an amendment to Sec.
ton 81 Of Article of the Constitution OF
| Marylduus tltlC JuulCidIy department
subtitle part III-Circuit Courts, pro
viding that there shall be not less thar
four judges in the sixth Judicial Circuit
not less than three judges resident in
Montgomery County, removing certain
obsolete provisions from said section
STIMULATING certain conditions under which
said amendment shall be null and void and
Of no further effect and submitting sale
amendment TO the qualified voters Of th,
State for adoption or rejection.
SEcTIoN /. Be u enacted BY the Genera
Assembly Of Maryland (Three-hfths of al
the members elected to each of the tw,
Houses concurring), That the following
amendments be and they are hereby proposeC
to Section 81 of Article of the Constitu
tlon Of Maryland, title Judiciary Depar,
the same, II adopted by the qualified voter
OF the State. to supersede and stand in III,
place and stead of Section 81 Of Article
OF the Constitution of Maryland:
J 81. From and after January /, 1915
DsesD'bey !, 1854, there shall be at leas