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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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at the times so designated for that purpose
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in the charter, and all laws and ordinances
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so enacted shall be published once a week
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for three successive weeks in at least one
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newspaper published in such counties, so
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that the taxpayers and citizens may have
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notice thereof. This provision shall not
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apply to Baltimore City. All such local laws
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enacted by the Mayor of Baltimore and
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City Council of the City of Baltimore or the
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Council of the counties as hereinbefore
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provided, shall be subject to the same rules
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of interpretation as those now applicable to
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the Public Local Laws of this State, except
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that in case of any conflict between said
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local law and any Public General Law now
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or hereafter enacted the Public General
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Law shall control.
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ARTICLE Xl-f. HOME RVLE FOR
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CODE COUNTIES.
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Section 1. For the purposes of this
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Article, (1) "code county" means a county
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which is not a charter county under Article
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11A of this Constitution and has adopted
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the optional powers of home rule provided
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under this Article; and (2) "public local
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law" means a law applicable to the in-
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corporation, organization, or government of
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a code county and contained in the county's
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code of public local laws; but this latter
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term specifically does not include (i) the
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charters of municipal corporations under
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Article 11E of this Constitution, (ii) the
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laws or charters of counties under Article
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11A of this Constitution, (iii) laws, whether
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or not Statewide in application, in the code
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of public general laws, (iv) laws which
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apply to more than one county, and (v)
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ordinances and resolutions of the county
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government enacted under public local laws.
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Section 7.03. Change of Structure of County
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Sec. 9. The General Assembly may make
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Governments,
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such changes in this Article, except in
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An amendment to an instrument of gov-
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Section seventh thereof, as it may deem best;
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ernment may be proposed to the voters of a
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and this Article shall not be so construed, or
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county by its governing body or by petition
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taken as to make the political Corporation
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of the voters in the county as prescribed in
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of Baltimore independent of, or free from
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the instrument of government. An amend-
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the control, which the General Assembly
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ment also may be proposed by other means
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of Maryland hai over all such Corporations
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prescribed either in the instrument of gov-
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in this State.
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ernment or by the General Assembly by law.
An amendment shall be adopted only if ap-
proved by a majority of those voting on the
proposal.
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Art. XI-A, sec. 5. Amendments to any
charter adopted by the City of Baltimore or
by any county of this State under the
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provisions of this Article may be proposed
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by a resolution of the Mayor of Baltimore
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and the City Council of said the City of
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Baltimore, or the Council of said county,
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