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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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lic laws except general laws which in their
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following enumerated cases, viz.: For ex-
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terms and effects apply throughout the State.
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tending the time for the collection of taxes;
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No county shall be exempt from a public
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granting divorces; changing the name of
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general law. The limitation of this section
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any person; providing for the sale of real
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that the General Assembly shall enact only
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estate, belonging to minors, or other persons
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public general laws shall not apply to laws
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laboring under legal disabilities, by execu-
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(1) pertaining to appropriations; (2) pro-
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tors, administrators, guardians or trustees;
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viding for or regulating the powers of
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giving effect to informal, or invalid deeds
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departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of
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or wills; refunding money paid into the
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the State which perform a state and not a lo-
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State Treasury, or releasing persons from
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cal function; (3) pertaining to public educa-
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their debts, or obligations to the State,
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tion; (4) pertaining to multi-county govern-
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unless recommended by the Governor, or
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mental units; (5) providing for the
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officers of the Treasury Department. And
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establishment, merger, or dissolution of coun-
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the General Assembly shall pass no special
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ties or for the alteration of their boundaries;
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Law, for any case, for which provision has
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(6) granting, limiting, or withdrawing the
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been made, by an existing General Law.
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taxing powers of a county or counties; or
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The General Assembly, at its first Session
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(7) empowering a county or counties, sub-
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after the adoption of this Constitution,
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ject to any standards that the General As-
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shall pass General Laws, providing for the
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sembly may provide by law, to exercise any
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cases enumerated in this section, which are
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power or perform any function denied to
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not already adequately provided for, and
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other counties. This section shall not be
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for all other cases, where a General Law
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construed to limit any power of the General
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can be made applicable.
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Assembly, otherwise existing under this Con-
stitution, to enact special laws, except that a
special law shall not be enacted for any situa-
tion for which an existing general law is ap-
plicable.
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See Art. III, Sec. 61 at Section 1.16 for
the power of the General Assembly by pub-
lic local law to empower Baltimore City to
carry out urban renewal projects.
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See Art. XI-B, Sec. 1 and Sec. 2, at Section
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1.16 for the power of the General Assembly
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by public local law to authorize the Mayor
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and City Council of Baltimore to acquire
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and sell land for land development.
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See Art. XI-C, Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 at Sec-
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tion 1.16 for the power of the General
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Assembly by public local law to authorize
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the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
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to acquire land for offstreet parking.
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See Art. XI-D, Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 at Sec-
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tion 1.16 for the power of the General As-
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sembly by public local law to authorize the
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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
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acquire land for port development.
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Art. XI-F, sec. 4. Except as otherwise
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provided in this Article, the General As-
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sembly shall not enact, amend, or repeal
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a public local law which is special or local
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in its terms or effect within a code county.
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The General Assembly may enact, amend,
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or repeal public local laws applicable to
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code counties only by general enactments
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which in term and effect apply alike to all
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code counties in one or more of the classes
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provided for in Section 5 of this Article.
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Sec. 5. The General Assembly, by Law,
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shall classify all code counties by grouping
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