MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1457

(D) THE POWERS OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND TAXATION AND
THE AUTHORITY TO EXTEND PUBLIC CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS
ARTICLE MAY BE EXERCISED ONLY BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(2) SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS IT
MAY IMPOSE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY GRANT TO THE COUNTY
ANY AND ALL POWERS AND AUTHORITY NECESSARY OR PROPER TO
IMPLEMENT THE SPECIFIC POWERS WHICH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT TO THE COUNTY PURSUANT TO THIS
ARTICLE AND TO FULLY ACCOMPLISH ANY AND ALL OF THE
PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS POWER OR AUTHORITY MAY
NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS
CONSTITUTION EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(G) OF THIS ARTICLE.

[[(F) THE POWER AUTHORIZED MAY NOT BE EXERCISED
WITHIN A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SUBJECT TO ARTICLE XI-E OF
THIS CONSTITUTION WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THAT MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION.]]

(F) THE POWER AUTHORIZED HEREIN MAY BE EXERCISED

ONLY BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL

MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. IF THIS AUTHORITY IS TO BE

EXERCISED WITHIN A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, SUBJECT TO

ARTICLE XI-E OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEN THE POWER MAY ONLY
BE EXERCISED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF
THE TOTAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

(G) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE INDEPENDENT
OF, AND SHALL IN NO WAY AFFECT, THE POWERS GRANTED UNDER
ARTICLE III, SECTION 61 OF THIS CONSTITUTION. THE POWER
GRANTED BY THIS ARTICLE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS FOR THE ACTIVITIES HEREIN AUTHORIZED
PREVAILS OVER THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE XI-A
OF THIS CONSTITUTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing Article 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.