SEC. 6. The power heretofore conferred upon the General
Assembly to prescribe the number, compensation, powers and
duties of the County Commissioners in each county, and the
power to make changes in Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, Article XI
of this Constitution, when expressly granted as hereinbefore
provided, are hereby transferred to the) voters of each county
and the voters of city of Baltimore, respectively, provided
that said powers so transferred shall be exercised only by
the adoption or amendment of a charter as hereinbefore pro-
vided; and provided further, that this Article shall not be
construed to authorize the exercise of any powers in excess of
those conferred by the Legislature upon said counties or city
as this Article sets forth.

SEC. 7. The word "Petition," as used in this Article, means
one or more sheets written or printed or partly written and
party printed; "Signature" means the signature of a regis-
tered voter written by himself in his own handwriting (and
not by his mark), together with the ward or district and pre-
cinct in which he is registered. The authenticity of such sig-
natures and the fact that the persons so signing are registered
voters shall be evidenced by the affidavit of one or more reg-
tered voters of the city or county in which said voters so sign-
ing are registered, and one affidavit may apply to or cover any
number of signatures to such petition. The false signing of
any name, or the signing of any fictitious name to said petition
shall be forgery, and the making of any false affidavit in con-
nection with said petition shall be perjury.

ARTICLE XII.
PUBLIC WORKS.

SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury and the Treasurer shall constitute the Board of Public
Works in this State. They shall keep a journal of their pro-
ceedings, and shall hold regular sessions in the city of An-
napolis on the first Wednesday in January, April, July and
October in each year, and oftener if necessary; at which ses-
sions they shall hear and determine such matters as affect the
public works of the State, and as the General Assembly may
confer upon them the power to decide.

SEC. 2. They shall exercise a diligent and faithful super-
vision of all public works in which the State may be interested
as stockholder or creditor, and shall represent and vote the
stock of the State of Maryland in all meetings of the stock-