1060 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 680]

the petition accompanying such ordinance his certificate of
sufficiency, the board of aldermen shall call a special election,
unless a general municipal election is fixed within ninety days
thereafter, and at such special or general municipal election,
if one is so fixed such ordinance shall be submitted without
alteration to the vote of the electors of said city. But if the
petition is signed by not less than ten nor more than twenty-
five per centum of the electors as above defined, then the board
of aldermen shall within twenty days, pass said ordinance with-
out change or submit the same at the next general city election
occurring not more than thirty days after the city register's
certificate of sufficiency is attached to said petition. The bal-
lots used when voting upon said ordinance shall state the nature
of the proposed ordinance and shall contain the words "For
the Ordinance" and "Against the Ordinance." If a majority
of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall
vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a
valid and binding ordinance of the city; and any ordinance
proposed' by petition, or which shall be adopted by a vote of
the people, cannot be repealed or amended except by a vote
of the people. Any number of proposed ordinances may be
voted upon at the same election, in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section; but there shall not be more than one
special election in any period of six months for such purpose.
The board of aldermen may submit a proposition for the repeal
of any such ordinance, or for amendments thereto, to be voted
upon at any succeeding general city election, and should such
proposition so submitted receive a majority of the votes cast
thereon at such election, such ordinance shall thereby be
repealed or amended accordingly. Whenever any ordinance or
proposition is required by this act to be submitted to the voters
of the city at any election, the city register shall cause such
ordinance or proposition to be published once in each of the
newspapers published in said city, such publication to be not
more than twenty or less than five days before the submission
of such proposition or ordinance to be voted upon.

SEC. 298. No ordinance passed by the board of aldermen,
except when otherwise required by the general laws of the
state or by the provisions of this act, except an ordinance for
the immediate perservation of the public peace, health or safety,
which contains a statement of its urgency, shall go into effect
before ten days from the time of its final passage; and if dur-
ing the said ten days a petition signed by electors of the city
equal in number to at least twenty-five per centum of the entire
vote cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding