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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867


such nominating petition, and if not more


than eleven registered voters of the City of


Baltimore or not more than five registered


voters in any such county are so nomi-


nated their names shall not be printed on


the ballot, but said eleven registered voters


in the City of Baltimore or five in such


county shall constitute said charter board


from and after the date of said election.


At said election the ballot shall contain the


names of said nominees in alphabetical order


without any indication of the source of


their nomination, and shall also be so ar-


ranged as to permit the voter to vote for or


against the creation of said charter board,


but the vote cast against said creation shall


not be held to bar the voter from expressing


his choice among the nominees for said


board, and if the majority of the votes cast


for and against the creation of said charter


board shall be against said creation the


election of the members of said charter


board shall be void; but if such majority


shall be in favor of the creation of said


charter board, then and in that event the


eleven nominees of the City of Baltimore


or five nominees in the county receiving the


largest number of votes shall constitute the


charter board, and said charter board, or a


majority thereof, shall prepare within twelve


months from the date of said election a


charter or form of government for said city


or such county and present the same to the


Mayor of Baltimore or President of the


Board of County Commissioners of such


county, who shall publish the same in at


least two newspapers of general circulation


published in the City of Baltimore or county


within thirty days after it shall be reported


to him. Such charter shall be submitted to


the voters of said city or county at the


next general or congressional election after


the report of said charter to said Mayor of


Baltimore or President of the Board of


County Commissioners; and if a majority of


the votes cast for and against the adoption


of said charter shall be in favor of such


adoption, the said charter from and after


the thirtieth day from the date of such


election shall become the Law of said city


or county, subject only to the Constitution


and Public General Laws of this State, and


any public local laws inconsistent with the


provisions of said charter and any former


charter of the City of Baltimore or county


shall be thereby repealed.


Sec. 2. The General Assembly at its first


session after the adoption of this amend-


ment shall by public general law provide a

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