Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

S a charter form Of government with certa;
exceptions, and comforting powers of cha
D ter amendment and home rule upon sue
Z municipal corporations.
=. SECTION /. Be It enacted BY the Geueyt
D Assembly Of Maryland, tThree-hfths of a
!. the members Of each Of the two Houses cor
+ curringJ, That the following Article, to 70
J. low Immediately after Article lid, and /
Y be known as Article lie, be and the sam
is hereby proposed as amendment to III
S Constitution OF Maryland which Article
} of Maryland, as herein provided, shall there
. by, by adoption be and become part of III
Constitution Of Maryland
ARTICLE lie
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
0 Section L. Except as prOvtded eiSe7vtey
N tins Artioie, the General assembly shal
not pass any Lac relating to the incorboya
ton, organization, government, on affairs o
: those municipal CORPORATIONS 50hich are no
authorized by dvticle fi-A OF the LOHstittt
, no to haze char ey form Of 00vernmen
5vhch anil be special 0, local IN its terms Of
in its effect, but the General Assembly shat
act N relation to the Moor otatioH. or
gancdiioH, 9oVerpmeHt, on affairs of an,
sHch municipal corporation only bv genera
iai0S sohich shall N thev terms ana IN thel,
effect apply alike to all municipal corboyd
tiOHS ~ one on NINE Of the classes pro0ide0
tor IN Section 2 OF this Ayticie. II shall b.
the duty OF the General Assembly 10 br0vldt
BY iG5U The method by 5Viich neaD municipal
corporations shall be formed.
Section 2, The General Assembly, b,
lac, ShaH classify all such municipal cor
PordtionS by grouping them INTO not more
than four classes based on Population as
determined by The most recent ceHSns made
under the authority OF the United States or
the State OF Maryland. No more than one
such grouping OF municipal corbordtious into
tgFfF lac 4g-rf.e fla han h.,
any time. and the enactment OF any such
grouping OF municipal CORPORATIONS INTO tour
| Tor te5Cer) classes shall repeal any such
grouping OF municipal CORPORATIONS into four
Tor fesVer) classes then ~ effect. Municipal
CORPORATIONS shall be classified only as bro.
vided IN this section and not otherzViSe
Section 3. Any such municipal CORPORA
ton, n0aC eriStir0 or hereafter created, shall
haze the fo7Vey and authority, Ia to amend
or rePedl an efiSfin9 charter or local Id1vs
relating 10 the Incorporation, organisation
| 00VerHiHeHt, or GGdWS OF SAID municipal
CORPORATION heretofore enacted by the Central
assembly Of Maryland, and (b) to adopt a
He5O charter, and to amend or repeal any
charter adopted under the provisions OF this
article.
Section 4 The adoption Of a neIV charter
| the amendment OF any charter or local ia7vS
or the rePedi 0t any part OF a charter or local
| idfOS shall be proposed either by resolution
OF the Legislative body OF any such municipal
CORPORATION 0v by q petition containing the
signatures Of at least fac per cent of the
registered V0ters OF mHniEPdl corporation
and filed acith the Legislative body of SAID
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION The General As.
sembly shall dmPlity the provisions OF this
| section by general ld7V IN any manner not
inconsistent 7Vith thus Article.
Section 5. notwithstanding any other
provision 10 nhis ArticIe, the General rs.
sembly may enact, amend or REPEAL local
limit he
at achich property tdreJ may be imposed by
any such municipal CORPORATION and Tegniat.
ing the maximum amount of debt SOIiich may
be incurred by any municipal corporation.
Ho'oevev. no such local lG1V shall become
effective IN regard to municipal corpora.
tiOH until and unless 1t shall haze been db,
PROCEED at regular or special municipal
election by majority Of the vOterS of that
municipal CORPORATION 00tIn9 on the question
NO SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORA.
TION SHALL LEVY ANY TYPE OF
TAX, LICENSE FEE, FRANCHISE TAX
Feet IN SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPO-
RATION ON JANUARY l, 1854, UN.
LESS 1T SHALL RECEIVE THE EX-
PRESS AUTHORIZATION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR. SUCH
WHc2 Fl 8Y rERH GEN aNb 1rs Ley hE
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ONE
OR MORE OF THE CLASSES PRO.
VIDED FOR IN SECTION 2 OF THIS
ARTICLE. an charter PROVISIONS enacted
under the authority of Section 3 OF thiS
enacted by the General Assembly and GP
Proved by the municipal VOters under the
provisions of this section.
Section 6. an charter proViSionS, or
amendments thereto, adopted under the pro
visions of this article, shall be subject to
l1r.te fsd b, he
Assembly. except that any local Id7Us, o.
amendments thereto, relating to the ulc0rpo
ration, organization, government, or affairs
Of any municipal CORPORATION and enacted
before this Article becomes effective, shall
be SUBJECT to any charter provisions, or
amendments thereto. adopted under the pro
visions Of this article. AHy local Lac, On
amendments thereto. relating to the rHcorfo
ration, organisation, government, 0 affairs
Of any municipal CORPORATION aud IN eject at
the time this article becomes efectlVe, shall
be subject to any applicable State lac en-
acted after this article becomes e6ect5e
An id7pS enacted by the General Assembly
aud in effect at The time this Article becomes
effective, shall remain in effect until amend
ed or repealed IN accordance 70lth the pro.
vis,oHS of this Constitution. NOTHING IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CON
STRUED TO AUTHORIZE ANY MUM.
CIPAL CORPORATION, BY ANY
AMENDMENT OR ADDITION TO ITS
CHARTER, TO PERMIT ANY ACT
WHICH is PROHIBITED BY THE
LAWS OF THIS STATE CONCERNING
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SAB
BATH DAY OR THE MANUFACTURE,
LICENSING OR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
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 tor 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
amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon ach 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
for and against said proposed amendment.
as directed by Article XIV Of the Consttu-
ton and further proceedings had in &C.
cordance with said Article XIV.
CHAPTER NO. 65
AN ACT to propose an amendment TO Sec.
ton p OF Article OF the Constitution of
| Maryland, title Judiciary Department"
subtitle Part llI-Circuit Courts, pro.
viding that there shall be not less than
four Judges in the sixth Judicial Circuit,
}, NJ 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 said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
Section l.. Be It enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland CThree.ffths of all
the members elected to each Of the two
Houses concurrng) That the following
amendments be and they are hereby proposed
to Section 2 of Article of the Constitu.
ton OF Maryland. title Judiciary Depart.
mcnt". subtitle Part Ill-Circut Courts
tie same, VI adopted by the qualified voters
Of the State, to supersede and stand in the
place and stead OF Section 81 of Article 4
Of the Constitution of Maryland:
81 FROM and after January !, 1881