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tide 4, Section 6, Public Local Laws of Maryland, shall not be en-
larged or extended by any charter formed under the provisions
of this Article, but such powers may be extended, modified,
amended or repealed by the General Assembly.
SEC. 3. Every charter so formed shall provide for an elec-
tive 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 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 Coun-
ties, shall be construed to refer to the Mayor of Baltimore and
City Council of the City of Baltimore and to the President and
County Council herein provided for whenever such construc-
tion 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 Coun-
cil of the City of Baltimore or the County Council of said
County, subject to the Constitution and Public General Laws
of this State, shall have full power to enact local laws of said
City or County including the power to repeal or amend local
laws of said city or county enacted by the General Assembly,
upon all matters covered by the express powers granted as
above provided; provided that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to authorize or empower the County Council of
any County in this State to enact laws or regulations for any
incorporated town, village, or municipality in said County, on
any matter covered by the powers granted to said town, vil-
lage, or municipality by the Act incorporating it, or any sub-
sequent Act or Acts amendatory thereto. Provided, however,
that the charters for the various Counties shall provide that
the County Council of the Counties shall not sit more than one
month in each year for the purpose of enacting legislation for
such Counties, and all legislation shall be enacted during the
month so designated for that purpose in the charter, and all
laws and ordinances so enacted shall be published once a week
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