SCHEDULE OF
LEGISLATION
This schedule takes effect under the authority of Chapter 4,
Section 17, of the Acts of 1967, and under the authority of its
adoption by the people of Maryland together with the Constitu-
tion to which it is attached. Provisions contained in this schedule
shall become effective on July 1, 1968, and may be amended or
repealed by the General Assembly by law. The grouping of sec-
tions of this schedule under titles referring to the numbered
articles of the Constitution is intended for convenience and not
as a limitation on the applicability of the sections.
Section 1. Definitions.
(a) In this schedule the words "prior Constitution" mean the
Constitution of 1867 as amended.
(b) In this schedule the word "county" shall be deemed to in-
clude Baltimore City.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Section 2. Petition Requirements.
A referendum petition may consist of several papers, but each
paper shall contain the full text of the act or part of act petitioned
upon; and there shall be attached to each such paper an affidavit
of the person procuring the signatures thereon that of the said
person's own personal knowledge every signature thereon is gen-
uine and bona fide, and that the signers are qualified voters of the
State of Maryland, and county, as set opposite their names, and
no other verification shall be required.
Section 3. Interim Provisions for Disqualifications from Voting.
No person convicted of larceny, or other infamous crime, unless
pardoned by the governor, shall be entitled to vote at any election
in this State; and no person under guardianship as a lunatic, or,
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