ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  741

retail of merchandise within Baltimore City on Sunday;
and to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to prescribe the conditions and regulations
under which amusements, entertainments or games may be
shown, held or played, or merchandise sold; and to provide
for penalties for violations; and to provide that no ordinance
passed in the exercise of the grant of power shall take effect
until it has been approved by a majority of the qualified
voters of the City of Baltimore voting thereon, and to provide
that Sections 483, 484 and 485 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
title "Sabbath Breaking," shall be repealed in so far as said
sections prohibit amusements, entertainments or games, and
the sale at retail of merchandise in the City of Baltimore on
Sunday; and to provide for the time when. and the condi-
tions under which such repeal shall take effect.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That notwithstanding any provision of any Public
General or Public Local Law, the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, in furtherance of the principle of Home Rule and
for the purpose of promoting a reasonable and proper observ-
ance of Sunday, shall have full power and authority to prohibit,
permit or regulate from time to time by ordinance or ordi-
nances, amusements, entertainments or games to l?e held, shown
or played for recreation or profit, and the sale at retail of any
article or articles of merchandise within Baltimore City on the
Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday; and shall have full
power and authority to prescribe the conditions or regulations
under which said amusements, entertainments or games may
be shown, held or played or said article or articles of merchan-
dise may be sold; and shall have full power and authority to
provide penalties for the violation of any such ordinance, con-
dition or regulation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no ordinance
passed in the exercise of the grant of power contained in. the
preceding Section 1 of this Act shall take effect until it has
first been submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Bal-
timore at either a general or special election, State or munici-
pal, and has been approved by a majority of the voters voting
thereon. And the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is
hereby authorized and empowered to determine the time, place
and manner for the submission of any such ordinance to the