Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-09-29

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Section 2l-Each House shall keep joui
nal Of its proceedings, and cause the same {
be published. The yeas and nays of member
on any question shall, at the calls of any fiv
Of them in the House of Delegates, or one in tn
| Senate. he entered on the Journal
Section 22.--Each House may punish b,
imprisonment during the session Of the Gen
eral Assembly, any person not member, fo
! disrespectfuI or disorderly behaviour in IL
! p esence, or Tor obstruc,ing any Of its pro
ceedings, or any Of its 0ifcersin the xecutioi
of their duties provided such imprisonmen
shall not, at my on, time, exceed ten days.
Section 23,-The House of Delegates ma,
! inquire, on the ontn OF witnesses, in . al
complaints, grievances aud onrnces, as tb,
Grand Inquest Of the State, aud may commit
any person, for any crime, to the public Jail
iher, TO remain until discharged by due cours,
OF law; they may examine md pass all ac.
counts Of the State, relating either TO the col.
lection or expenditure of the revenue, and
appo3t auditors to state and adjust The same
they may call for all public or Official paper.
and records, and send Tor persons " HON the,
may judge necessary in the course Of thei,
Inquiries concerning affairs relating 10 the
public interest, und mny direct nil Uflice bonds
vi h,ch shall he made payable 10 the State, to
be sued Tor any breach the.cof.
iSttllOn sf.--.NcltutT IIouSc hituOu'
the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
three days at one time, nor TO any other place
than that in which the House shall be sitting,
without the concurrent vote Of two-thirds .!
the members present.
Section 25.--Thc House of Delegates shall
have the sole power of impeachment In all
cases. but majority Of all the members cleo
ted must concur in an Impeachment; all im-
peachmcnts shall be tried by the Senate, and
when sitting for that purpose, the Senators
shall be on oath or affirmation to do justice ac-
cording to the law and evidence, but no per-
son shull be convicted without the concurrence
of two-thirds Of all the Senators elected.
Section 26.-Any bill may originate in either
House of the General Assembly, and be altered
amended, or rejected by the other but no bill
shall originate in either House during the last
ten days of the session, nor become law, un-
til ii be read on three different days of the ses-
sion in each House, unless thrce-fourths of the
members of the House where such pill is pen
ding shall so determine.
Section 27.-No bill shall become a law un-
less it be passed in cnch House by majority of
the whole number of members elected, and OIL
its final passage the ayes and noes be recorded.
Section 2s.-The style of all laws of this
State shall be {: BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland and all laws shall be
phsscu ny OTlglnUf Dlt. anu every Jaw eHactcu
by the General Assembly shall Nembracc but one
subject, and that shall Lc described in the title
and no law nor section of law SHAH be re-
vised or amended by reference to its title or
section only, and it shall be tine duty of the
General Assembly, in amending any Article or
Section of the Code of Laws OF this Stase to
enact the same as the said Article or Section
would read when amended and whenever the
General Assembly shall enact any Public Gen.
erai Law, not amendatory of any Section or
Article in the said Code, ii shall be the duty Of
the General Assembly 10 enact the same in
Article and Sections, in the same manner as
the said Code is arranged, and toprovide for
the publication of al additions and alterations
which may be made 20 the said Code.
Section 29.--Every bill, " hen rassed By the
Gei eraI Assembly aud sealed with the Gr-nt
Seal, shall he presented TO the Governor, who
shall sign the same in the rresence of the pre-
siding officers and Chief Clerks Of the Senate
aud House OF Delrga ties. Every law shall be
recorded in the Office OF the Court Of Appeals,
aud, ii due ime, he printed, published and
certified under the Great Seal 10 the several
Courts. IN the same manner as has been here
toiorr usual in this State.
Section 30.-No law passed by the General
Assembly shall take effect until the first day
of June next after the session al viii h ii may
be passed, unlsss it he otherwise expressly de
clsred therein; and in case any public law is
nndr to take effect before The said first day oil
June, the Genera, Assembly shall provide for
the immediate publication of the same.
Section 3l.-No money shall be drawn fror,
the Treasury Of the Stale, except in accord
ance with an appropriation by law, and every
such law shall distinctly specify the sum ap-
propriaied, and the object 10 which il shall be
applied; provided thar nothing herein con
tn ined shall prevent the General Assembly
from placing contingent fund at the disposal
of The Executive, who shall report to the
General Assembly, ut eac b session, tie amount
expended and the purposes to which it was
applied; an rccurate STATE ment of the receipts
an d expenditures VI The public money shall
be attached TO and published with the laws $
after each regular session Of the Gene raj As.
sembly.
Section 32.--Thc General Assembly shall not
pass local or special laws in any Of the follow
ing enumerated cases, viz: For the assessment
and collection of taxes for State or County
purposes, or extending the time for the collec-
ton of taxes; providing for the support OF
Public Schools; the preservation Of school
funds: the location or the regulation of School
Houses; granting divorces; relating TO fees or
salaries; relating to the interest on money; pro.
yding for regulating the election or compcnsa-
ton of State or County officers; or dcsi gnarine
the places Of voting; or the boundaries of elec.
ton districts; providing for the sale Of real es-
tate belonging to minors or other persons la-
boring under legal disabilities by executors
administrators, guardians or trustees; giving
effect to informal or invalid deeds or wills; re.
finding money paid into the State Treasury
or releasing persons from their debts or obli.
cations to the State, unless recommended b,
the Governor or Officers OF the Treasury De
partment; or establishing, locating or affecting
the construction Of roads, and the repairing OF
building of bridges. And the General Assem-
bly, shall pass no special law for any case fol
which provision has been made by an cxistin,
general law. The General Assembly, at it
first session after the adoption Of this Consti
tuition, shall pass general laws providing fol
the cases enumerated in this section, and fol
all other cases where Il general law can be mad,
applicable.
Section 33.--No debt shall be hereafter con
tracted by the General Assembly unless sucl
debt shall be authorized by law providing
for the collection Of an annual tax or take
sufficient to pas the interest on such debt as j
falls due, and also TO discharge the principa
thereof within fifteen years from the time o
contracting the same, aud The taxes laid fo
this purpose shall not be repealed or applied I,
any other object until the said debt and inter
est tnercou snail De ruily ulScnargeu. IN
credit of the State shall not, in any manner
be given or loaned to, or in aid of any associ
alton or corporation, nor shall the General As
sembly have the power in any mode to involv
! the State in the construction of works Of in
ternal Improvements, nor in any enterpris
which shall involve the faith or credit of tn
State, nor make any appropriations therefor
and they shall not use or appropriate the pro
ceeds Of the internal improvement companies
or of the State tax now levied, or which ma,
hereafter be levied, to pay Off the public debt
to any other purpose until the interest an,
debt are fully paid, or the sinking fund shall
be equal to the amount of the outstandin,
debt; but the General Assembly may, withou
laying a tax, borrow an amount, never to ex
coed fifty thousand dollars, TO meet tenporar,
deficiencies in the Treasury, and may contrac
debts to any amount that may be necessary 70
the defence of the State.
Section 34.--yo extra compensation shal
be granted or allowed by the General Assem-
bly, to any public officer, agent, servant, o
contractor, after the services shall have bee
rendered or tho contract entered into; no
shall the salary ar Camnen "a tinn nf any nub X