COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	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 that
	nothing herein contained shall be construed
	to authorize or empower the County Council
	of any county in this State to enact laws or
	regulations for any incorporated town,
	village, or municipality in said county, on
	any matter covered by the powers granted
	to said town, village, or municipality by the
	Act incorporating it, or any subsequent Act
	or Acts amendatory thereto. Provided, how-
	ever, 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
	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.

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