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MARYLAND MANUAL 423 Baltimore, as set 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 re pealed by the General Assembly. SEC. 3. Every charter so 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 be known 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 executive officer, or the presiding officer of said legislative body, if such charter shall not provide for the election of a chief executive officer, shall be known in the City of Bal timore as Mayor of Baltimore, and in the county as the President of the County Council of the county, and all ref erences in the Constitution and laws of this State to the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the City of Bal timore and to the President and County Commissioners of the counties shall be construed to refer to the Mayor of Bal timore and City Council of the City of Baltimore and to the President and County Council herein provided for, when ever such construction would be reasonable. From and after the adoption of a charter by the City of Baltimore, or any county of this State, as hereinbefore provided, the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the City of Balti more or the County Council of said county, subject to the Constitution 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 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, how ever, 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 en acted during the month so designated for that purpose in the charter, and all laws and ordinances so enacted shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in at least |
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