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Art. 11-A] MARYLAND MANUAL 769
Section 1. The board of county commissioners of any county
at any time may appoint a charter board. Said charter board
shall be registered voters and shall consist of an uneven
number of members, not fewer than five or more than nine.
The board of county commissioners shall appoint a charter
board within thirty days after receiving a petition signed
by five percent of the registered voters of the county or by
ten thousand voters of the county, whichever is the lesser
number. If additional charter board members are nomi-
nated by petitions signed by three percent of the registered
voters of the county or by two thousand registered voters,
whichever is the lesser number, delivered to the board of
county commissioners within sixty days after the charter
board is appointed, the board of county commissioners shall
call a special election not less than thirty or more than
ninety days after receiving petitions, unless a regular elec-
tion falls within the designated period. The appointees of
the board of county commissioners and those nominated
by petitions shall be placed on the ballot in alphabetical
order without party designation. The voters may cast votes
for, and elect a number of nominees equal to the number
of charter board members originally selected by the board
of county commissioners, and those so elected are the char-
ter board. The charter board, within twelve months from
the date of its appointment, or if there was an election for
some of its members, within twelve months from the date
of the election, shall present a proposed charter for the
county to the board of county commissioners, which shall
publish it at least twice in one or more newspapers of gen-
eral circulation in the county within thirty days after it is
presented. The charter shall be submitted to the voters of
the county at a special or regular election held not earlier
than thirty days or later than ninety days after publication
of the charter. If a majority of the votes cast for and
against the adoption of the charter are in favor of its
adoption, the charter shall become effective as the charter
of the county on the thirtieth day after the election or such
later date as shall be specified in the charter.
SEC. 2. The General Assembly at its first session after
the adoption of this amendment shall by public general
law provide a grant of express powers for such County or
Counties as may thereafter form a charter under the pro-
visions of this Article. Such express powers granted to the
Counties and the powers heretofore granted to the City of
Baltimore, as set forth in Article 4, Section 6, Public Local
Laws of Maryland, shall not be enlarged or extended by
any charter formed under the provisions of this Article,

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