CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Assembly for such purpose, by a general
	law which in its terms and its effect applies
	alike to all municipal corporations in one
	or more of the classes provided for in
	Section 2 of this Article. All charter pro-
	visions enacted under the authority of Sec-
	tion 3 of this Article shall be subject to
	any local laws enacted by the General
	Assembly and approved by the municipal
	voters under the provisions of this section.
	Sec. 6. All charter provisions, or amend-	See Section 7.07, Additional Powers of Mu-
	ments thereto, adopted under the provi-	nicipal Corporations, p. 99.
	sions of this Article, shall be subject to all
	applicable laws enacted by the General
	Assembly; except that any local laws, or
	amendments thereto, relating to the incor-
	poration, organization, government, or af-
	fairs of any municipal corporation and en-
	acted before this Article becomes effective,
	shall be subject to any charter provisions,
	or amendments thereto, adopted under the
	provisions of this Article. Any local law,
	or amendments thereto, relating to the in-
	corporation, organization, government, or
	affairs of any municipal corporation and in
	effect at the time this Article becomes ef-
	fective, shall be subject to any applicable
	State law enacted after this Article becomes
	effective. All laws enacted by the General
	Assembly and in effect at the time this
	Article becomes effective, shall remain in
	effect until amended or repealed in accord-
	ance with the provisions of this Constitu-
	tion. Nothing in this Article shall be con-
	strued to authorize any municipal corpo-
	ration, by any amendment or addition to
	its charter, to permit any act which is
	prohibited by the laws of this State con-
	cerning the observance of the Sabbath Day
	or the manufacture, licensing or sale of
	alcoholic beverages.
	ARTICLE XI-F.
	HOME RULE FOR CODE COVNT1ES.
	Section 1. For the purposes of this	See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
	Article, (1) "code county" means a county
	which is not a charter county under Article
	HA of this Constitution and has adopted
	the optional powers of home rule provided
	under this Article; and (2) "public local
	law" means a law applicable to the in-
	corporation, organization, or government of
	a code county and contained in the county's
	code of public local laws; but this latter
	term specifically does not include (i) the
	charters of municipal corporations under
	Article 11E of this Constitution, (ii) the

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