Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-21

. charter form Of government with certai
exceptions, and comforting powers of cha,
ter amendment and home rule upon sue
municipal corporations.
SECTION !. Be IL enacted by the Genera
assembly OF Maryland, (Three-6fths of a
the members of each Of the two Houses cor
curring), That the following Article, to fo
low Immediately after Article lid, and I
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 tn
Constitution of Maryland:
ARTICLE lie
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION /. Except as pr0vided eIsevJley
N this Article, the General Assembly shall
not pass any iGa0 relating to the incorbora
ton, organization, government, or affairs O.
those municipal CORPORATIONS which are no
authorized BY article ia of the Constitu
TO. to haze char eS form OF ooveynmen
t0hich triH be special or local in its terms o,
IN its effect, but the General Assembly ,shai
act ~ relation to the incorporation, or
0Gnisdtton, government, or affairs of an,
snch municipal corporation only bv genera
laos Uitch shall IN thew terms ana IN thep
erect apply alike to all municipal CORPORA
irons IN one or more OF the classes provided
tor ~ Section 2 OF this article. It shall b.
the duty of the General Assembly to broy,dt
BY iaO the method BY which ne1D n.nieipa
corporations shall Be formed
Section 2. The General Assembly, b,
ldaO, shall classify all such municipal cor.
pordtions by grouping them into not more
thdn tour classes based on population as
determined by the most recent census made
under the authority of the United States o,
the State of Maryland. No more than one
such grouping of municipal corporations into
four Tor feSvey) classes shall be in effect at
any time, and the enactment of any such
grouping OF municipal corporations into four
Tor feaVer( classes shall repeal any snch
Tor fe1Uer) classes then in effect. Municipal
CORPORATIONS shall be classified only as pro.
vided in this section and not otherwise.
Section 3. Any such municipal corpora.
tion, nolc existing or hereafter created, shall
haze the power ard authority, To- to amend
or repeal an ,existino charter or local lasvs
relating to the incorporation, organisation,
government, or affairs of said municipal
corporation heretofore enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryidnd, and TO- to adopt q
nesV charter, and to amend or repeal any
charter adopted under the provisions of this
article.
Section Z. The ADOPTION OF nezv charter,
the amendment of any charter or local lalUs,
or the repeal of any part of q charter or local
ldaDS shall be proposed either by resolution
OF the Legislative body of any such municipal
corporation or by petition containing the
signatures of at least fve per cent of the
registered voters of q municipal CORPORATION
municipal CORPORATION. The General As.
sentbIy shall dmplify the provisions of thus
section by general ldD ~ any manner not
inconsistent Nth this article.
Section S. Notwithstanding any other
provision IN this article, the General rs.
IA, 1]k r0l
la10s placing q mdximans limit on the rate
at (Which property tdxe, may be imposed by
any such municipal CORPORATION and re0HIat-
ing the ntGximHnI Gm0ant Of debt which may
be incurred by any municipal CORPORATION,
HoIDevey, no such local IaU shall become
effective ~ regard to O municipal corpora
tiOn HntI and unless it shall haze been Gb.
Proved at q regular or special municipal
election BY a majority of the voters of that
CORPORATION voting on the question.
NO SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORA.
TON SHALL LEVY ANY TYPE OF
IA TAX kGcE MSEc FEE H ESAN MC4 Tax
Feet IN SUCH MUNICIPAL CoRPo.
LESS IT SHALL RECEIVE THE EX.
PRESS AUTHORIZATION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR SUCH
PIURPoSE,, BY A GENERAL IRA 4,,e Law
FEET A lF AA Alike ENH 10 30 ALL IL
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ONE
OR MORE OF THE CLASSES PRO
VIDED FOR IN SECTION OF THIS
ARTICLE. Al charter provisions enacted
under the authority of Section 3 of this
Artieie shall be subject to any local ldaps
enacted by the General Assembly and ab-
proved by the municipal voters under the
provisions OF this section.
Section 8. Al charter PROVISIONS, or
amendments thereto, adopted under the pro.
visions of this article, shall be subject to
all applicable la10s e-deted by the General
thereto, relating to the incorPo-
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.
amendments thereto, relating to the tncorPo
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 Lac en-,
acted after this Article becomes efective.
Al lG1VS enacted by the General Assembly
aud ~ effect at the time this Article becomes
effective, shall remain in effect anti amend
ed or repealed in accordance l0ith the pro.
viSions of this Constitution NOTHING IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CON.
STRUED TO AUTHORIZE ANY MUM.
CIPAL RATION TbGTI,I BY ~ ANY ny
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,
OR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
SEC. Q. 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
amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon Zach ballot there shall be
printed the words "For Constitutional
Amendment" and Against Constitutional
Amendment, as now provided BY law, and
shall be made to the Governor of the vote
for and against said proposed amendment,
as directed by Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton and further proceedings had in &C
cordance with said Article XIV.
CHAPTER NO. 65
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec.
ton 81 of Article of the Constitution OF
Maryland, title Judiciary Department.
subtitle part III-Circuit Courts, pro
viding that there shall be not less than
four judges in the sixth Judicial Circuit,
MT 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 IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (Three-ffths of all
Houses concurring), That the following
amendments be and they are hereby proposed
to Section 81 of Article of the Constitu-
ton OF Maryland, title Judiciary Depart.
ment", subtitle Part II1-Circuit Courts"
the same, If 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:
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