BOARD OF PUB. WORKS v. BALTO. COUNTY

[No. 58, September Term, 1980.]

288 Md. 678 (1980)

421 A.2d 588

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND v. BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Zarnoch and Linda H. Lamone, Assistant Attorneys General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Malcolm F. Spicer, Jr., Assistant County Solicitor, with whom was Leonard S. Jacobson, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, DAVIDSON, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, and filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part at page 685 infra.

We shall here hold that since it is a public general law the provisions of Chapter 889 of the Acts of 1980 (the Act) making it subject to the approval of the voters of Baltimore County are invalid. We shall likewise hold that the invalid provisions are not severable. Thus, we shall...

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