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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Sec. 4. From and after the adoption of a
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See Sections 7.01-7.04, immediately above.
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charter under the provisions of this Article
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by the City of Baltimore or any county of
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this State, no public local law shall be
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enacted by the General Assembly for said
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city or county on any subject covered by
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the express powers granted as above pro-
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vided. Any law so drawn as to apply to two
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or more of the geographical subdivisions of
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this State shall not be deemed a Local Law,
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within the meaning of this Act. The term
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"geographical sub-division" herein used shall
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be taken to mean the City of Baltimore or
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any of the counties of this State.
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Sec. 5. Amendments to any charter
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See Sections 7.01-7.04, immediately above.
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adopted by the City of Baltimore or by any
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county of this State under the provisions of
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this Article may be proposed by a resolution
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of the Mayor of Baltimore and the City
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Council of said the City of Baltimore, or the
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Council of said county, or by a petition
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signed by not less than 20% of the registered
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voters of said city or county, provided,
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however, that in any case 10,000 signatures
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shall be sufficient to complete a petition, and
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filed with the Mayor of Baltimore or the
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President of the County Council, and when
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so proposed shall be submitted to the voters
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of said city or county at the next general
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or congressional election occurring after
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the passage of said resolution, or the filing
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of said petition; and if at said election the
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majority of the votes cast for and against
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said amendments shall be in favor thereof,
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said amendment shall be adopted and be-
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comes a part of the charter of said city or
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county from and after the thirtieth day
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after said election. Said amendments shall
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be published by said Mayor of Baltimore or
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President of the County Council once a
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week for five successive weeks prior to said
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election in at least one newspaper published
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in said city or county.
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Sec. 6. The power heretofore conferred
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See Sections 7.01-7.04, immediately above.
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upon the General Assembly to prescribe the
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number, compensation, powers and duties
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of the County Commissioners in each
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county, and the power to make changes in
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Sections 1 to 6 inclusive, Article XI of this
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Constitution, when expressly granted as
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hereinbefore provided, are hereby trans-
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ferred to the voters of each county and the
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voters of City of Baltimore, respectively,
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provided that said powers so transferred
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shall be exercised only by the adoption
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or amendment of a charter as hereinbefore
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provided; and provided further that this
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