missioners; and if a majority of the votes cast for and against
the adoption of said charter shall be in favor of such adoption,
the said charter from and after the thirtieth dm) from the
date of such election shall become the law of said city or
county, subject only to the Constitution and Public General
Laws of this State, and any Public Local Laws inconsistent
with the provisions of said charter and former charter of said
the city of Baltimore or county shall be thereby repealed.

SEC. 2. The General Assembly at its first session after the
adoption of this amendment shall, by Public General Law,
provide a grant of express powers for such county or counties
as may thereafter form a charter under the provisions of this
Article. Such express powers granted to the counties and the
powers heretofore granted to the city of Baltimore, as act
forth in Article 4, Section 6, Public Local Laws of Maryland,
shall not be enlarged or extended by any charter formed
under the provisions of this Article, but such powers may be
extended, modified, amended or repealed by the General As-
sembly.

SEC. 3. Every charter go formed shall provide for an elec-
tive legislative body in which shall be vested the law-making
power of said city or county. Such legislative body in the
city of Baltimore shall beknown as the City Council of the
city of Baltimore, and in any county shall be known as the
County Council of the county. The chief executive officer, if
any such charter shall provide for the election of such execu-
tive officer, or the presiding officer of said legislative body, if
such charter shall not provide for the election of a chief execu-
tive officer, shall be known in the city of Baltimore as Mayor
of Baltimore, and in the county as the President of the County
Council of the county, and all references in the Constitution
and laws of this State to the Mayor of Baltimore and City
Council of the city of Baltimore and to the President and
County Commissioners of the counties shall be construed to
refer to the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the city
of Baltimore and to the President and County Council herein
provided for, whenever such construction would be reasonable.
From and after the adoption of a charter by the city of Balti-
more, or any county of this State, as hereinbefore provided, the
Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the city of Baltimore
or the County Council of said county, subject to the Constitu-
tion and Public General Laws of this 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 provided; provided that