COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		or by a petition signed by not less than
		20% of the registered voters of said city
		or county, provided, however, that in any
		case 10,000 signatures shall be sufficient to
		complete a petition, and filed with the
		Mayor of Baltimore or the President of the
		County Council, and when so proposed
		shall be submitted to the voters of said
		city or county at the next general or
		congressional election occurring after the
		passage of said resolution, or the filing of
		said petition; and if at said election the
		majority of the votes cast for and against
		said amendments shall be in favor thereof,
		said amendment shall be adopted and be-
		comes a part of the charter of said city or
		county from and after the thirtieth day
		after said election. Said amendments shall
		be published by said Mayor of Baltimore or
		President of the County Council once a
		week for five successive weeks prior to said
		election in at least one newspaper published
		in said city or county.
		Art. XI-F, sec. 2. The governing body
		of any county, by a vote of at least two-
		thirds of the members elected thereto, may
		propose by resolution that the county be-
		come a code county and be governed by the
		provisions of this Article. Upon the adop-
		tion of such a resolution, it shall be certified
		to the Board of Supervisors of Elections
		in the county, which Board (pursuant to
		the election laws of the State) shall submit
		to the voters of the county at the next
		ensuing general election the question
		whether the resolution shall be approved
		or rejected. If in the referendum a ma-
		jority of those persons voting on this
		question vote for the resolution, the resolu-
		tion is approved, and the county shall be-
		come a code county under the provisions
		of this Article, on the thirtieth day after
		the election. If in the referendum a ma-
		jority of those persons voting on this ques-
		tion vote against the resolution, the resolu-
		tion is rejected, and of no further effect.
		Provided that if at the next ensuing
		general election there shall be submitted to
		the voters of the county a proposed charter
		under Article 11A of this Constitution, the
		proposed charter only shall be submitted to
		the voters at that next ensuing general
		election. If the proposed charter is adopted
		by the voters, this particular resolution to
		become a code county shall not be submitted
		to the voters and shall have no further
		effect. If the proposed charter is rejected
		by the voters, the code question under this

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