138 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND [Art. HA]

of Baltimore or to the County Commissioners of the Counties, shall be con-
strued to refer to the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the City of
Baltimore and to the President and County Council herein provided for
whenever such construction would be reasonable. From and after the adop-
tion of a charter by the City of Baltimore, or any County of this State, as
hereinbefore provided, the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the
City of Baltimore or the County Council of said County, subject to the Con-
stitution and Public General Laws of this State, shall have full power to
enact local laws of said City or County including the power to repeal or
amend local laws of said city or county enacted. by the General Assembly,
upon all matters covered by the express powers granted as above provided;
provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or
empower the County Council of any County in this State to enact laws or
regulations for any incorporated town, village, or municipality in said
County, on any matter covered by the powers granted to said town, village,
or municipality by the Act incorporating it, or any subsequent Act or Acts
amendatory thereto. Provided, however, that the charters for the various
Counties shall provide that the County Council of the Counties shall not
sit more than one month in each year for the purpose of enacting legislation
for such Counties, and all legislation shall be enacted during the month so
designated for that purpose in the charter, and all laws and ordinances so
enacted shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in at least
one newspaper published in such Counties, so that the taxpayers and citi-
zens may have notice thereof. This provision 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 herein-
before 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.

Ch. 335, Acts of 1935, licensing and regulating paper hangers in Baltimore City, 'is
not "local" law within meaning of this Article. Dasch v. Jackson, 170 Md. 261.

See notes to sec. 1.

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 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.

This section referred to in construing art. 60, sec. 3—see notes thereto. West v.
Musgrave, 154 Md. 43.

See notes to sec. 2.

Ch. 229; 1924, authorizing Baltimore City to incur debt for constructing a viaduct
and to condemn property, is not sufficient so as to dispense with the requirements in
the City Charter as to street openings, etc. Browne v. Baltimore, 163 Md. 212.

Ch. 356, 1937 (art. 89B, secs. 155-172), authorizing construction of bridge within limits
of Baltimore City to be a part of new state highway, is not in violation of this section.
Wyatt v. State Roads Comm., 175 Md. 258.

Ch. 497, 1931, exempting W., B. & A. R. Co. not repugnant to this section. Williams
v. Mayor. 289 U. S. 47.

See notes to Sec. 3.

Sec. 5. 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