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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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accomplish any and all of the purposes
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and objects contemplated by the provisions
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of this Article, provided such additional
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power or authority is not inconsistent with
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the terms and provisions of this Article or
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with any other provision or provisions of
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the Constitution of Maryland. The General
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Assembly may place such other and further
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restrictions or limitations on the exercise
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of any of the powers which it may grant
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to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
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more under the provisions of this Article
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as it may deem proper and expedient.
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Sec. 3. Provided, however, that no public
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local law enacted under the provisions and
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authority of this Article shall be enacted
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or construed to authorize the Mayor and
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City Council of Baltimore to exercise or
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apply any of the powers or authority in this
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Article enumerated within the territorial
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limits of Howard County.
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Section 1.17. Continuity of Government
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Declaration of Rights, Art. 44. That the
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During Emergencies.
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provisions of the Constitution of the United
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The provisions of this Constitution shall
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States, and of this State, apply, as well in
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not be suspended, except that the General
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time of war, as in time of peace; and any
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Assembly by law shall provide for the tem-
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departure therefrom, or violation thereof,
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porary suspension of specific provisions during
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under the plea of necessity, or any other
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an emergency caused by disaster or enemy at-
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plea, is subversive of good Government, and
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tack. Any suspension shall be for the period
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tends to anarchy and despotism.
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of the emergency only, and only provisions of
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this Constitution concerning state and local
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public offices and governmental operations
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may be suspended.
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Section 1.18. Reserved Rights.
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Declaration of Rights, Art. 45. This enu-
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The enumeration of rights in this Consti-
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meration of Rights shall not be construed
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tution shall not be construed to impair, dis-
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to impair or deny others retained by the
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parage, or deny others retained by the
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People.
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people.
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ARTICLE 2. SUFFRAGE AND ELEC-
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TIONS
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Qualifications for Voting
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Section 2.01. Voters in National, State, and
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Declaration of Rights, Art. 7. That the
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County Elections.
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right of the People to participate in the
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Every citizen of the United States who has
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Legislature is the best security of liberty
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attained the age of nineteen years, and who
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and the foundation of all free Government j
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has been a resident of this State for six
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for this purpose, elections ought to be free
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months and of the county in which he offers
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and frequent; and every white male1
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to vote for three months next preceding an
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citizen, having the qualifications prescribed
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election, shall be eligible to vote, and if reg-
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by the Constitution, ought to have the right
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istered shall be qualified to vote in that
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of suffrage.
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county in national, state, and county elec-
tions. If any county is divided into different
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ARTICLE t. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
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electoral districts or into portions of different
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Section 1. All elections shall be by
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