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662 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 16 any part thereof specified in the petition, may be referred to a vote of the people upon petition. 1 SEC. 8. (a) The referendum petition against an Act or part of an Act passed by the General Assembly, shall be sufficient if signed by three per centum of the qualified voters of the State of Maryland, calculated upon the whole number of votes cast therein for Governor at the last pre- ceding Gubernatorial election, of whom not more than half shall be residents of Baltimore City, or of any one County; provided that any Public Local Law for any one County or the City of Baltimore, shall be referred by the Secretary of State only to the people of said County or City of Baltimore, upon a referendum petition of ten per cent. of the qualified voters of said County or City of Baltimore, as the case may be, calculated upon the whole number of votes cast therein respectively for Governor at the last preceding Guberna- torial election. (b) If more than one-half, but less than the full num- ber of signatures required to complete any referendum pe- tition against any law passed by the General Assembly, be filed with Secretary of State before the first day of June, the time for the law to take effect, and for filing the remainder of signatures to complete the petition shall be extended to the thirtieth day of the same month, with like effect. SEC. 4. A petition may consist of several papers, but each paper shall contain the full text of the Act or part of Act petitioned upon; and there shall be attached to each such paper an affidavit of the person procuring the signa- tures thereon that of the said person's own personal knowl- edge every signature thereon is genuine and bona fide, and that the signers are registered voters of the State of Mary- land, and of the City of Baltimore, or County, as the case may be, as set opposite their names, and no other verifica- tion shall be required. SEC. 6. (a) The General Assembly shall provide for furnishing the voters of the State the text of all measures to be voted upon by the people; provided, that until other- wise provided by law the same shall be published in the manner prescribed by Article XIV of the Constitution for the publication of proposed Constitutional Amendments. (b) All laws referred under the provisions of this Ar- ticle shall be submitted separately on the ballots to the voters of the people, but if containing more than two hun- 1 Thus amended by Chapter 6, Acts of 1962. ratified November 6, 1962. |
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