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COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867


grant of express powers for such county or


counties as may thereafter form a charter


under the provisions of this Article. Such


express powers granted to the counties and


the powers heretofore granted to the City


of Baltimore, as set forth in Article 4, Sec-


tion 6, Public Local Laws of Maryland, shall


not be enlarged or extended by any charter


formed under the provisions of this Article,


but such powers may be extended, modified,


amended or repealed by the General


Assembly.


Sec. 3. Every charter so formed shall


provide for an elective legislative body in


which shall be vested the lawmaking power


of said city or county. Such legislative


body in the City of Baltimore shall be


known as the City Council of the City of


Baltimore, and in any county shall be


known as the County Council of the county.


The chief executive officer, if any such


charter shall provide for the election of


such executive officer, or the presiding


officer of said legislative body, if such


charter shall not provide for the election


of a chief executive officer, shall be known


in the City of Baltimore as Mayor of Balti-


more, and in any county as the President


of the County Council of the county, and


all references in the Constitution and Laws


of this State to the Mayor of Baltimore and


City Council of the City of Baltimore or to


the County Commissioners of the counties,


shall be construed to refer to the Mayor of


Baltimore and City Council of the City of


Baltimore and to the President and County


Council herein provided for whenever such


construction would be reasonable. From and


after the adoption of a charter by the City


of Baltimore, or any county of this State, as


hereinbefore provided, the Mayor of Balti-


more and City Council of the City of


Baltimore or the County Council of said


county, subject to the Constitution and


Public General Laws of this State, shall have


full power to enact local laws of said city or


county including the power to repeal or


amend local laws of said city or county


enacted by the General Assembly, upon


all matters covered by the express powers


granted as above provided; .... Provided,


however, that the charters for the various


counties shall specify the number of days,


not to exceed forty-five, which may but need


not be consecutive, that the County Coun-


cil of the counties may sit in each year for


the purpose of enacting legislation for such


counties, and all legislation shall be enacted

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