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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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General Assembly of Maryland:" and all
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land." The General Assembly shall enact no
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Laws shall be passed by original bill; and
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law except by bill. The subject of every law
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every Law enacted by the General Assembly
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shall be described in its title. Every law en-
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shall embrace but one subject, and that
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acted by the General Assembly, except the
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shall be described in its title; and no Law,
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budget law and supplementary appropriation
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nor section of Law, shall be revived, or
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laws, shall embrace only one subject. The
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amended by reference to its title, or section
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budget law and all supplementary appropria-
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only; nor shall any Law be construed by
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tion laws shall be limited to the subject of
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reason of its title, to grant powers, or
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budget, appropriations, their purpose or pur-
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confer rights which are not expressly con-
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poses, and the requisite revenue. No law or
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tained in the body of the Act; and it shall
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section of a law shall be revived or amended
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be the duty of the General Assembly, in
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by reference only to its title or section, nor
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amending any article, or section of the
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shall any law be construed by reason of its
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Code of Laws of this State, to enact the
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title to grant powers or confer rights which
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same, as the said article, or section would
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are not expressly contained in the body of
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read when amended. And whenever the
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the act. The General Assembly, in amending
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General Assembly shall enact any Public
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any article or section of the code of laws of
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General Law, not amendatory of any section,
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this State, shall enact the article, section, or
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or article in the said Code, it shall be the
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law as it would read when amended.
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duty of the General Assembly to enact the
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same, in articles and sections, in the same
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manner, as the Code is arranged, and to
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provide for the publication of all additions
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and alterations, which may be made to the
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said Code.
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Section 3.20. Consideration of Bills.
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Sec. 27. Any bill may originate in either
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A bill may originate in either house of the
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House of the General Assembly, and be
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General Assembly and may be amended,
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altered, amended, or rejected by the other.
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passed, or rejected by the other. No vote on
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No bill shall originate in either House
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final passage of a bill shall be taken until the
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during the last twenty-eight calendar days
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bill and all amendments to it are in writing.
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of a regular session, unless two-thirds of
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No vote on final passage of a bill shall be
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the members elected thereto shall so deter-
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taken until the fifth calendar day after its
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mine by yeas and nays, and in addition
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introduction in the house of origin and until
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the two Houses by joint and similar rule
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the second calendar day after it reaches the
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may further regulate the right to introduce
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second house except upon the affirmative
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bills during this period; nor shall any bill
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vote of three-fifths of all the members of the
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become a law until it be read on three
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house in which the bill is pending or except
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different days of the session in each House,
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during the first four days of a special session.
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unless two-thirds of the members elected to
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The General Assembly may provide by law
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the House where such bill is pending shall
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that pending bills may be carried over to the
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so determine by yeas and nays, and no
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next regular session of the same General As-
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bill shall be read a third time until it shall
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sembly.
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have been actually engrossed or printed for
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a third reading.
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Section 3.21. Passage of Bills.
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Sec. 28. No bill shall become a Law
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No bill shall be enacted nor shall a
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unless it be passed in each House by a
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resolution requiring the action of both
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majority of the whole number of members
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houses be adopted unless it is passed by the
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elected, and on its final passage, the yeas
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affirmative vote of a majority of all the mem-
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and nays be recorded; nor shall any Resolu-
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bers of that house. A vote in joint session or
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tion, requiring the action of both Houses,
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in either house on any bill or resolution or
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be passed except in the same manner.
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for the election or confirmation of any state
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officer shall be taken only in public session.
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Section 3.22. General Application of Laws.
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Sec. 33. The General Assembly shall not
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The General Assembly shall enact no pub-
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pass local, or special Laws, in any of the
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