76 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. XI-A.*
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State, shall have full power to enact local laws of said city or
county, including the power to repeal or amend Local Laws of
said city or county enacted by the General Assembly, upon all
matters covered by the express powers granted as above pro-
vided; provided that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to authorize or empower the County Council of any
county in this State to enact laws or regulations for any in-
corporated town, village, or municipality in said county, on
any matter covered by the powers granted to said town, vil-
lage, or municipality by the Act incorporating it, or any sub-
sequent Act or Acts amendatory thereto. Provided, however,
that the charters of the various counties shall provide that the
County Council of the counties shall not sit more than one
month in each year for the purpose of enacting legislation for
such counties, and all legislation shall be enacted during the
month so designated for that purpose in the charter, and all
laws and ordinances so enacted shall be published once a week |
Time for en-
acting leg-
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for three successive weeks in at least one newspaper published
in such counties, so that the taxpayers and citizens may have
notice thereof. This provision shall not apply to Baltimore
City. All such local laws enacted by the Mayor of Baltimore
and City Council of the City of Baltimore or the Council of
the counties, hereinbefore provided, shall be subject to the |
Interpreta-
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same rules of interpretation as those now applicable to the
Public Local Laws of this State, except that in case erf any
conflict between said Local Law and any Public General Law
now or hereafter enacted, the Public General Law shall con-
trol.
SEC. 4. From and after the adoption of a charter under |
Prohibiting
Passage of
Local Laws
by General
Assembly. |
the provisions of this Article by the City of Baltimore or any
county of this State, no Public Local Law shall be enacted by
the General Assembly for said city or county on any subject
covered by the express powers granted as above provided.
Any law so drawn as to apply to two or more of the geographi-
cal sub-divisions of this State shall not be deemed a Local Law,
within the meaning of this Act. The term "geographical sub-
division" herein used shall be taken to mean the City of Bal-
timore or any of the counties of this State.
SEC. 5. Amendments to any charter adopted by the City of
Baltimore or by any county of this State under the provisions
of this Article may be proposed by a resolution of the Mayor
of Baltimore and the City Council of said the City of Balti-
more, or the Council of said county, or by a petition signed by
not less than 20 per cent of the registered voters of said city
or county, provided, however, that in any case 10,000 signa-
tures shall be sufficient to complete a petition, and filed with
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