Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1231

Governor of the vote for and against said proposed amendments,
as directed by said Article XIV of the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Article XIV.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 371
(House Bill 6)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI-A
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Local Legislation," to pro-
vide for the publication of the titles or of a fair summary of all
laws, EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, and ordi-
nances proposed for enactment in a charter county, clarifying
the provisions of this Section concerning the Chief Executive
Officer of the County Council, correcting an error therein,
clarifying the provisions of this Section as to their application in
Baltimore City, and providing for the submission of this amend-
ment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their
adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(Three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), that the following be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI-A of the Constitution of
Maryland, title "Local Legislation," the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to become a
part of the Constitution of Maryland, and to read as follows:

Article XI-A
3.

Every charter so formed shall provide for an elective legislative
body in which shall be vested the law-making power of said City or
County. Such legislative body in the City of Baltimore shall be known
as the City Council of the City of Baltimore, and in any county shall
be known as the County Council of the County. The chief executive
officer, if any such charter shall provide for the election of such
executive officer, or the presiding officer of said legislative body, if
such charter shall not provide for the election of a chief executive
officer, shall be known in the City of Baltimore as Mayor of Baltimore,
and in any County as the President or Chairman 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
[constituted] construed to refer to the Mayor of Baltimore and City
Council of the City of Baltimore and to the President or Chairman
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 Baltimore and City Council of the City of
Baltimore or the County Council of said County, subject to the Con-
stitution and Public General Laws of this State, shall have full power