CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

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

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