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496 MARYLAND MANUAL. 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 one newspaper published in such counties, so that the tax- payers and citizens may have notice thereof. This provision shall not apply to Baltimore City. All such local laws en- acted by the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the City of Baltimore or the Council of the Counties, hereinbe- fore provided, shall be subject to the same rules of interpre- tation as those now applicable to the Public Local Laws of this State, except that in case of any conflict between said Local Law and any Public General Law now or hereafter enacted, the Public General Law shall control. Sac. 4. From and after the adoption of a charter under the provisions of this Article by the City of Baltimore or any county of this State, no Public Local Law shall be en- acted 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 geographical 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 Baltimore 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 pro. visions of this Article may be proposed by a resolution of the Mayor of Baltimore and the City Council of said the City of Baltimore, 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, I)rOVided, however, that in any case 10,000 signatures shall be sufficient to complete a peti- tion, and filed with the Mayor of Baltimore or the President of the County Council, and when so proposed shall be sub- mitted to the voters of said city or county at the next gen- eral or Congressional eleqtion occurring after the passage of said resolution, or the filing of said petition; and if at said election the majority of the votes cast for and against said amendments shall be in favor thereof, said amendment |
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