MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            3365

CHAPTER 785
(House Bill 1327)

AN ACT concerning

Howard County — Election of County Council

FOR the purpose of providing for the election of the
members of the County Council of Howard County by
councilmanic districts, or by the voters of the
entire county, or by a combination of these methods
of election, and providing for the submission of
this amendment to the qualified voters of the State
of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

BY proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article XI—A — Local Legislation
Section 3A

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, (Three—fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses concurring), That the following be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 3A of Article XI—A — Local Legislation, of the
Constitution of Maryland, the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein
provided, to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland:

Article XI—A — Local Legislation

3A.

The charter for the government of Baltimore [County]
AND HOWARD COUNTIES under the provisions of this Article,
either as adopted, or by amendment, may provide for the
election of members of the county council by the voters
of councilmanic districts therein established, or by the
voters of the entire county, or by a combination of these
methods of election.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to