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the original proposed constitutional amendment, and the original
proposed constitutional amendment shall not be placed on the ballot
at such time.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing sections
hereby proposed as amendments to the Constitution of Maryland, at
the next ensuing general election to be held in this State, 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, and at the said general election, the
vote on the said proposed amendments 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, and immediately after said
election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amendments, as directed by said Article
XIV of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article XIV.
Approved May 26, 1972.
CHAPTER 364
(Senate Bill 213)
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 36 of Article III of
the Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Department,"
modifying the prohibition against the authorization of lotteries
by the General Assembly in order to provide an exception for
lotteries operated by and for the benefit of the State, and provid-
ing for the submission of this amendment 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 36 of Article III of the Constitution of
Maryland, title "Legislative Department," the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to
become a part of the Constitution of Maryland:
36.
No Lottery grant shall ever hereafter be authorized by the General
Assembly [.] , unless it is a lottery to be operated by and for the
benefit of the State.
SEC. 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
1972, shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in
Article 14 of the Constitution of this State; and at this general
election, the vote on this proposed amendment to the Constitution


 
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