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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Municipal Corporations and Intracounty
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Governmental Units
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Section 7.05. Existing Municipal Corpora-
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Art. XI-E, sec. 3. Any such municipal
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tions.
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corporation, now existing or hereafter cre-
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Municipal corporation shall mean an in^
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ated, shall have the power and authority,
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corporated city, town, or village, but shall
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(a) to amend or repeal an existing charter
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not include Baltimore City or any other
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or local laws relating to the incorporation,
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county. Municipal corporations existing at
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organization, government, dr affairs of said
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the effective date of this Constitution may
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municipal corporation heretofore enacted by
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not be merged or dissolved or have their
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the General Assembly of Maryland, and (b)
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boundaries altered or have their existing
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to adopt a new charter, and to amend or
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powers withdrawn, without the consent of
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repeal any charter adopted under the pro-
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the governing bodies of the county and the
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visions of this Article.
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municipal corporations affected, or except as
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the General Assembly may prescribe by law.
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Sec. 6. Ail charter provisions, or amend-
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ments thereto, adopted under the provi-
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sions of this Article, shall be subject to all
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applicable laws enacted by the General
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Assembly; except that any local laws, of
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amendments thereto, relating to the incor-
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poration, organization, government, or af-
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fairs of any municipal corporation and en-
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acted before this Article becomes effective,
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shall be subject to any charter provisions.
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or amendments thereto, adopted under the
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provisions of this Article. Any local law,
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or amendments thereto, relating to the in-
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corporation, organization, government, or
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affairs of any municipal corporation and in
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effect at the time this Article becomes
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effective, shall be subject to any applicable
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State law enacted after this Article becomes
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effective. All laws enacted by the General
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Assembly and in effect at tfye time this
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Article becomes effective, shall remain in
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effect until amended or repealed in accord"
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ance with the provisions of this Constitu-
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tion, Nothing in this Article shall be con-
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strued to authorize any municipal corpo-
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ration, by any amendment or addition to
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its charter, to permit any act which is
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prohibited by the laws of this State con-
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cerning the observance of the Sabbath Day
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or the manufacture, licensing or sale of
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alcoholic beverages.
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Section 7.06. New Municipal Corporations
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Art. XI-E, section 1. Except as provided
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and Intracounty Governmental Units.
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elsewhere in this Article, the General As-
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A county may provide by law for the crea-
tion of new municipal corporations and
other units of local government comprising a
part of the area of the county and by law
may grant to and withdraw from them any
and all powers of the county, subject to any
procedures and standards that the General
Assembly may prescribe by law.
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sembly shall not pass any law relating to
the incorporation, organization, government,
or affairs of those municipal corporations
which are not authorized by Article 11 -A
of the Constitution to have a charter form
of government which will be special or
local in its terms or in its effect, but the
General Assembly shall act in relation to
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the incorporation, organization, government,
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or affairs of any such municipal corpora-
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