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of emergency legislation shall not be affected if enacted prior to
the completion of advertising thereof. These provisions concern-
ing 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 General Law now or hereafter enacted the Public General
Law shall control.

SEC. 3A.¹⁷' (a) The charter for the government of Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince George's and Howard
counties 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 councilmanic districts therein
established, or by the voters of the entire county, or by a
combination of these methods of election.

(b) No amendment to the Montgomery County Charter
authorized hereunder may affect the terms, powers, and duties of
members of the Montgomery County Council in office or elected
at the time of adoption of the Charter Amendment.

(c) Any proposed amendment to the Montgomery County
Charter providing for the election of members of the county
council by voters of couneilmanic districts and approved by the
voters prior to the 1984 General Election shall be null and void.

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. 5.¹⁷' Amendments to any charter adopted by the City of
Baltimore or by any County of this State under the provisions of
this Article may be proposed by a resolution of the Mayor of
Baltimore and the City Council of the City of Baltimore, or the
Council of the County, or by a petition signed by not less than
20% of the registered voters of the City or County, provided,
however, that in any case 10,000 signatures shall be sufficient to
complete a petition. A petition shall be filed with the Mayor of
Baltimore or the President of the County Council. An amend-
ment so proposed shall be submitted to the voters of the City or
County at the next general or congressional election occurring
after the passage of the resolution or the filing of the petition. If at
the election the majority of the votes cast for and against the
amendment shall be in favor thereof, the amendment shall be
adopted and become a part of the charter of the City or County
from and after the thirtieth day after said election. The amend-
ments shall be published by the Mayor of Baltimore or President
of the County Council once a week for five successive weeks prior
to the election in at least one newspaper published in said City or
County.

SEC. 6. The power heretofore conferred upon the General
Assembly to prescribe the number, compensation, powers 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 provid-
ed, are hereby transferred to the voters of each County and the
voters of City of Baltimore, respectively, provided that said

'"Amended by Chapter 358, Acts of 1971, ratified Nov. 7, 1972;
Chapter 785, Acts of 1975, ratified Nov. 2, 1976; Chapter 682, Acts
of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978: Chapter 136, Acts of 1980, ratified
Nov. 4, 1980; Chapter 729, Acts of 1982, ratified Nov. 2, 1982.
'"Amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978.

Article XI-B

powers so transferred shall be exercised only by the adoption or
amendment of a charter as hereinbefore provided; and provided
further that this Article shall not be construed to authorize the
exercise of any powers in excess of those conferred by the
Legislature upon said Counties or City as this Article sets forth.

SEC. 7."° The word "Petition" as used in this Article, means
one or more sheets written or printed, or partly written and partly
printed. There shall be attached to each paper of signatures filed
with a petition an affidavit of the person procuring those
signatures that the signatures were affixed in his presence and
that, based upon the person's best knowledge and belief, every
signature on the paper is genuine and bona fide and that the
signers are registered voters at the address set opposite or below
their names. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the
form of the petition, the manner for verifying its authenticity, and
other administrative procedures which facilitate the petition
process and which are not in conflict with this Article. The false
signing of any name, or the signing of any fictitious name to said
petition shall be forgery, and the making of any false affidavit in
connection with said petition shall be perjury.

ARTICLE XI.B.¹⁸¹

CITY OF BALTIMORE—LAND DEVELOPMENT AND
REDEVELOPMENT.

SECTION I."² The General Assembly of Maryland, by public
local law, may authorize and empower the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore:

(a) To acquire, within the boundary lines of Baltimore City,
land and property of every kind, and any right, interest, franchise,
easement or privilege therein, by purchase, lease, gift, condemna-
tion or any other legal means, for development or redevelopment,
including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or
rehabilitation thereof; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
said land or property, regardless of whether or not it has been
developed, redeveloped, altered or improved and irrespective of
the manner or means in or by which it may have been acquired, to
any private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership,
association, person or other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be granted
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article by exercising the power of eminent domain, shall be taken
without just compensation, as agreed upon between the parties,
or awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain, by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for any of the aforementioned purposes or in connec-
tion with the exercise of any of the powers which may be granted
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this
Article is hereby declared to be needed or taken for a public use.

SEC. 2.'" The General Assembly of Maryland may grant to
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any and all additional
power and authority necessary or proper to carry into full force
and effect any and all of the specific powers which the General
Assembly is authorized to grant to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore pursuant to this Article and to fully accomplish any
and all of the purposes and objects contemplated by the

""Amended by Chapter 849, Acts of 1982, ratified Nov. 2, 1982.
""Added by Chapter 649, Acts of 1943, ratified Nov. 7, 1944.
'"Amended by Chapter 659, Acts of 1945, ratified Nov. 5, 1946;
Chapter 162, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2, 1948.
'"Amended by Chapter 162, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2, 1948.