COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
	shall continue unaffected except as modified	ment or repeal by, the Legislature of this
	by law or in accordance with the provisions	State. And the Inhabitants of Maryland are
	of this Constitution.	also entitled to all property derived to
		them from, or under the Charter granted
		by His Majesty Charles the First to Caecilius
		Calvert, Baron of Baltimore.
		Art. XV, sec. 2. The several Courts
		existing in this State at the time of the
		adoption of this Constitution shall, until
		superseded, under its provisions, continue
		with like powers and jurisdiction, and in
		the exercise thereof, both at Law and in
		Equity, in all respects, as if this Constitu-
		tion had not been adopted; and when said
		Courts shall be so superseded, all causes,
		then depending in said Courts, shall pass
		into the jurisdiction of the several Courts,
		by which they may be, respectively, super-
		seded.
		ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS TO THE
		CONSTITUTION.
	Section 10.03. Constitutional Amendment.	Section 1. The General Assembly may
	An amendment to this Constitution may	propose Amendments to this Constitution;
	be proposed either by the affirmative vote of	provided that each Amendment shall be
	three-fifths of all the members of each house	embraced in a separate bill, embodying the
	of the General Assembly or by the affirma-	Article or Section, as the same will stand
	tive vote of a majority of all the members of	when amended and passed by three-fifths
	a constitutional convention. Any proposed	of all the members elected to each of the
	amendment shall be submitted to the voters	two Houses, by yeas and nays, to be entered
	of the State at a special or general election	on the Journals with the proposed Amend-
	as determined by the General Assembly or	ment. The bill or bills proposing amend-
	by the convention, whichever proposes the	ment or amendments shall be published by
	amendment. Notice of the election shall be	order of the Governor, in at least two
	given as the General Assembly shall prescribe	newspapers, in each County, where so many
	by law. Unless otherwise provided, the	may be published, and where not more than
	amendment shall become effective thirty days	one may be published, then in that news-
	after approval by the vote of a majority of	paper, and in three newspapers published
	those voting on the amendment.	in the City of Baltimore, once a week for
		four weeks immediately preceding the next
		ensuing general election, at which the pro-
		posed amendment or amendments shall be
		submitted, in a form to be prescribed by the
		General Assembly, to the qualified voters
		of the State for adoption or rejection. The
		votes cast for and against said proposed
		amendment or amendments, severally, shall
		be returned to the Governor, in the manner
		prescribed in other cases, and if it shall
		appear to the Governor that a majority of
		the votes cast at said election on said
		amendment or amendments, severally, were
		cast in favor thereof, the Governor shall,
		by his proclamation, declare the said amend-
		ment or amendments having received said
		majority of votes, to have been adopted by
		the people of Maryland as part of the
		Constitution thereof, and thenceforth said

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