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and each of the legislative districts of Baltimore City shall have in
such Convention the same number of delegates as Chapter 2 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of the Special Session of October 11,
1965, provides shall be elected to the House of Delegates at the
General Election in 1966 from such county and legislative district.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of public health and safety and, having been passed by
yea and nay votes supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 501
(House Bill 44)

AN ACT to provide for taking at a special election to be held at the
same time as the primary election in the year Nineteen Hundred
and Sixty-Six, the sense of the voters of this State on the call of
a Convention to frame a new Constitution of Maryland, which
Convention would be convened within twelve months of that elec-
tion.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That at a special election to be held on the second Tuesday after the
first Monday in September, in the year Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-
Six, at the same time as the primary election and at the same
places where elections are by law held for the election of delegates
to the General Assembly, there shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of this State the question of whether there shall be
called a Convention during the succeeding twelve months NOT
EARLIER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 1967 AND NOT LATER
THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 1968 to frame a new Constitution
for Maryland. There shall be placed upon the ballots or
upon the voting machine labels to be used at that election
in the manner prescribed by the general election laws of this State
the words "For a Constitutional Convention" and "Against a Con-
stitutional Convention" so that the voter may clearly indicate in the
manner prescribed in the general election laws whether he is for
or against the calling of a Convention to frame a new Constitution;
and the vote on this question shall be received, counted, and can-
vassed in the manner prescribed by the general election laws. The
Canvassing Boards of the several counties and for the City of
Baltimore shrill certify the vote on this question to the Governor, the
Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer; and the Board of State
Canvassers shall, at the time of their meeting to make a statement of
the vote cast for the candidates voted upon at the primary election,
also make a statement of the vote cast on the question of calling a
Constitutional Convention, and shall transmit the same to the Gov-
ernor; and the Governor shall, after receiving this statement, issue
a proclamation reporting the sense of the people of this State on
the call of a Convention to frame a new Constitution and shall trans-
mit a copy of the proclamation to the General Assembly.