MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1435

provided, to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland:

Article IV — Judiciary Department

41A.

The District Court shall have the original
jurisdiction prescribed by law, Jurisdiction of the
District Court shall be uniform throughout the State;
except that in Montgomery County [said] AND OTHER
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, THE Court may have
such jurisdiction [of] OVER juvenile causes as [may be]
IS provided by law.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to
be held in this State in November, 1976, shall be
submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of this
State. At that general election, the vote on this
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendments" and "Against
the Constitutional Amendments," as now provided by law.
Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed
amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with Article XIV.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 545
(Senate Bill 875)

AN ACT concerning

Attorney General and State's Attorneys

FOR the purpose of revising and clarifying the authority
and duties of the Attorney General to prosecute and
defend certain suits or actions in certain courts
and agencies; clarifying the procedures by which the
General Assembly shall direct the Attorney General
to take certain actions or aid in any prosecutorial
functions; providing for the Attorney General to
receive such salary as the General Assembly
prescribes; generally relating to the powers and