COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	(b) If more than one-half, but less than
	the full number of signatures required to
	complete any referendum petition against
	any law passed by the General Assembly, be
	filed with Secretary of State before the first
	day of June, the time for the law to take
	effect, and for filing the remainder of
	signatures to complete the petition shall
	be extended to the thirtieth day of the
	same month, with like effect.
	Sec. 4. A petition may consist of several	See Sections 2.10-2.14, beginning at p. 111.
	papers, but each paper shall contain the
	full text of the Act or part of Act peti-
	tioned upon; and their shall be attached to
	each such paper as affidavit of the person
	procuring the signatures thereon that of the
	said person's own personal knowledge every
	signature thereon is genuine and bona fide,
	and that the signers are registered voters
	of the State of Maryland, and of the City
	of Baltimore, or County, as the case may
	be, as set opposite their names, and no
	other verification shall be required.
	Sec. 5. (a) The General Assembly shall	See Sections 2.10-2.14, beginning at p. 111.
	provide for furnishing the voters of the
	State the text of all measures to be voted
	upon by the people; provided, that until
	otherwise provided by law the same shall
	be published in the manner prescribed by
	Article XIV of the Constitution for the
	publication of proposed Constitutional
	Amendments.
	(b) All laws referred under the provi-
	sions of this Article shall be submitted
	separately on the ballots to the voters of
	the people, but if containing more than two
	hundred words, the full text shall not be
	printed on the official ballots, but the Secre-
	tary of State shall prepare and submit a
	ballot title of each such measure in such
	form as to present the purpose of said
	measure concisely and intelligently. The
	ballot title may be distinct from the legisla-
	tive 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 measure,
	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 to the Governor in the manner
	prescribed with respect to proposed amend-
	ments to the Constitution under Article
	XIV of this Constitution, and the Governor
	shall proclaim the result of the election,

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