CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		tion only by general laws which shall in
		their terms and in their effect apply alike
		to all municipal corporations in one or
		more of the classes provided for in Section
		2 of this Article. It shall be the duty of
		the General Assembly to provide by Law the
		method by which new municipal corpo-
		rations shall be formed.
		Sec. 2. The General Assembly, by Law,
		shall classify all such municipal corpora-
		tions by grouping them into not more than
		four classes based on populations as deter-
		mined by the most recent census made
		under the authority of the United States or
		the State of Maryland. No more than one
		such grouping of municipal corporations
		into four (or fewer) classes shall be in effect
		at any time, and the enactment of any such
		grouping of municipal corporations into
		four (or fewer) classes shall repeal any
		such grouping of municipal corporations
		into four (or fewer) classes then in effect.
		Municipal corporations shall be classified
		only as provided in this section and not
		otherwise.
	Section 7.07. Additional Powers of Munici-	See Art. III, Sec. 61 at Section 1.16 for
	pal Corporations.	the power of the General Assembly by pub-
	The General Assembly by law or a county	lic local law to enable any county or munic-
	by law may grant additional powers to mu-	ipal corporation to carry out urban renewal
	nicipal corporations, and the granting au-	projects.
	thority may withdraw such powers.
		Art. XI-A, sec. 3. ... provided that
		nothing herein contained shall be construed
		to authorize or empower the County Council
		of any county in this State to enact laws or
		regulations for any incorporated town,
		village, or municipality in said county, on
		any matter covered by the powers granted
		to said town, village, or municipality by the
		Act incorporating it, or any subsequent Act
		or Acts amendatory thereto.......
		Art. XI-E, sec. 4. The adoption of a
		new charter, the amendment of any charter
		or local laws, or the repeal of any part
		of a charter or local laws shall be proposed
		either by a resolution of the legislative body
		of any such municipal corporation or by
		a petition containing the signatures of at
		least five per cent of the registered voters
		of a municipal corporation and filed with
		the legislative body of said municipal corpo-
		ration. The General Assembly shall amplify
		the provisions of this section by general
		law in any manner not inconsistent with
		this Article.

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