ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1141

rights of any bona fide purchaser or creditor without notice
who becomes so prior to the passage of this Act.
Approved April 16. 1920.

CHAPTER 555.

AN ACT to grant to the voters of the City of Baltimore, as
provided for in Section 6 of Article XI-A of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, power to make such
changes in Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of Article XI of said
Constitution, as they may deem best, and to grant to the
City of Baltimore, under any charter adopted in pursu-
ance of the authority conferred upon the voters of said
city by Article XI-A of the Constitution, the power here-
tofore or hereafter granted to the said City.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the voters of Baltimore City shall have and
are hereby expressly granted the power to make such changes
in Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of Article X[ of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, as they may deem best; such power
to be exercised only by the adoption or amendment of a char-
ter, as provided in Article XI-A of said Constitution; pro-
vided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed
to authorize the exercise of any powers in excess of those
conferred by the Legislature upon said City of Baltimore,
as set forth in Article XI-A of said Constitution ; and expressly
provided, further, that nothing contained in this Act shall
give to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or to the
inhabitants thereof the right to initiate any legislation, laws
or ordinances relating to the classification and taxation of
real and personal property within the limits of the said City
of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the power here-
tofore or hereafter granted to the City of Baltimore not
included in Article 4, Section 6, Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, shall be exercisable by said City under any charter
adopted in pursuance of the authority conferred upon the
voters of the City of Baltimore by Article XI-A of the Con-
stitution.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein
shall be construed to take away or limit any power which is