366 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 11-A, Sec. 4]

Counties as hereinbefore provided, shall be subject to the
same rules of interpretation 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.

SEC. 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
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 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% of the registered
voters of said City or County, provided, however, that
in any case 10,000 signatures shall be sufficient to complete
a petition, and filed with the Mayor of Baltimore or the
President of the County Council, and when so proposed
shall be submitted to the voters of said City or County at
the next general or congressional election 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 shall be adopted and become a part of
the charter of said City or County from and after the thir-
tieth day after said election. Said amendments shall be
published by said Mayor of Baltimore or President of the
County Council once a week for five successive weeks prior
to said election in at least one newspaper published in said
City or County.

SEC. 6. The power heretofore conferred upon the Gen-
eral Assembly to prescribe the number, compensation, pow-
ers 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 the City of Baltimore,
respectively, provided that said powers so transferred shall