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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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title shall be sufficient. Upon each of the
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ballots, following the ballot title or text,
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as the case may be, of each such measure,
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there shall be printed the words "For the
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referred law" and "Against the referred
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law," as the case may be. The votes cast
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for and against any such referred law shall
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be returned to the Governor in the manner
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prescribed with respect to proposed amend-
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ments to the Constitution under Article
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XIV of this Constitution, and the Governor
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shall proclaim the result of the election,
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and, if it shall appear that the majority
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of the votes cast on any such measure were
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cast in favor thereof, the Governor shall
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by his proclamation declare the same hav-
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ing received a majority of the votes to have
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been adopted by the people of Maryland as
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a part of the laws of the State, to take
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effect thirty days after such election, and
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in like manner and with like effect the
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Governor shall proclaim the result of the
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local election as to any Public Local Law
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which shall have been submitted to the
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voters of any County or of the City of
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Baltimore.
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Section 2.14. Laws Applicable in One Coun-
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Art. XVI, sec. 3 (a). ... provided that
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ty
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any Public Local Law for any one County
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The General Assembly shall prescribe by
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or the City of Baltimore, shall be referred
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law procedures by which a law enacted by it
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by the Secretary of State only to the people
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and applicable in only one county may be
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of said County or City of Baltimore, upon
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petitioned to referendum. The law shall be
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a referendum petition of ten per cent of
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submitted to a vote of the people of the
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the qualified voters of said County or City
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county after a petition has been signed by a
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of Baltimore, as the case may be, calculated
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number of qualified voters of the county
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upon the whole number of votes cast therein
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equal to at least ten per cent of the total
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respectively for Governor at the last pre-
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votes cast for governor in that county in the
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ceding Gubernatorial election.
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most recent gubernatorial election. No law
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empowering a county to exercise a power or
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perform a function, nor any law pertaining
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to appropriations, nor any law granting, lim-
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iting, or withdrawing the taxing power of a
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county shall be subject to referendum pur-
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suant to this section.
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ARTICLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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Section 3.01. Legislative Power.
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Declaration of Rights, Art. 8. That the
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The legislative power of the State shall be
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Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers
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vested in the General Assembly, which shall
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of Government ought to be forever separate
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consist of two houses, the Senate and the
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and distinct from each other; and no person
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House of Delegates.
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exercising the functions of one of said
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Departments shall assume or discharge the
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duties of any other.
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ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE
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DEPARTMENT.
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Section 1. The Legislature shall consist of
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