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Maryland Manual, 1973-74
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Art. 11-A MARYLAND MANUAL 761
successive weeks prior to enactment followed by publica-
tion once after enactment in at least one newspaper of
general circulation in the county, so that the taxpayers
and citizens may have notice thereof. The validity of emer-
gency legislation shall not be affected if enacted prior to
the completion of advertising thereof. These provisions
concerning publication shall not apply to Baltimore City.
All such local laws enacted by the Mayor of Baltimore and
City Council of the City of Baltimore or the Council of
the 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 Gen-
eral Law now or hereafter enacted the Public General Law
shall control.
1 SEC. 3A. The charter for the government of Baltimore
County under the provisions of this Article, either as
adopted, or by amendment, may provide for the election of
members of the county council by the voters of council-
manic districts therein established, or by the voters of the
entire county, or by a combination of these methods of
election.
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 Asembly 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
I Added by Chapter 358, Acts of 1971, ratified November 7, 1972.

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