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essentially the same as the sections that we have proposed

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to add. That said, "Any such municipal corporation, now

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existing or hereafter created, shall have the power and

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authority (a) to amend or repeal an existing charter or

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local laws relating to the incorporation, organization,

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government or affairs of said municipal corporation hereto-

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fore enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, and (b)

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to adopt a new charter, and to amend or repeal any charter

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adopted under the provisions of this article."

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Now, that was Section 3 of the amendment. Section

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4 of the amendment set up the procedures by which this was

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to be done.

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Section 5 of the amendment dealt with taxation,

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and this particular part of the amendment has been already

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incorporated in parts of the Constitution dealing with

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State Finance.

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Section 6 of the amendment dealt with laws re-

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garding the Sabbath day and alcoholic beverages which are

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not germane at this time.

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Now, as a result of the passage of that amend-

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ment, the General Assembly then enacted Article 23A , and in