Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-06
NUMBER 40.

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Section 2l-Each House shall keep Jour
nal Of its proceedings, and cause the same te
be published. The yeas and nays of members
on any question shall, at the calls of any five
of them in the House of Delegates, or one in the
| Senate, be entered ON the journal.
Section 22.-Each House may punish by
imprisonment during the session of the Cen
eral Assembly, any person not member, for
disrespectfu or dsorderly behaviour in 1t.
| p esence, or Tor obstructing any Of its pro-
ceedings, or any of its officers n thet xeculion
Of their duties provided such Imprisonment
shall not, at any ont time, exceed ten days.
Section 23.-The House of Delegates may
| inquire, on the oatn of witnesses, in.o all
complaints, grievances and offences, as the
Grand Inquest Of the State, aud may commit
any person, Tor any crime, TO the public jail
there to remain until discharged by due course
OF law; they may examine and pGss all ac-
counts Of the State, relating either TO the col
| lection or expenditure OF the revenue, and
appoint auditors to state and ad lust The same,
| they may call for all public or official papers
and records, and send for persons whom they
may judge necessary in the course OF their
| Inquiries concerning affairs relating to the
public interest, and may direct all Office bonds
which shall be made payable TO the State, TO
he sued Tor any breach thereof.
Section 24.--Neithcr House shall, without
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 Of
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-
peachments shall be tried by the Senate, and
when sitting for that purpose, the Senators
shall be on oath or affirmation TO 10 justice ac-
cording to the law and evidence, but no per-
son shall be convicted without the concurrence
of two-thir!s of all the Senators elected.
Section 2G-Anr bill may originate in either
House of the General Assembly, and be altered
amended, or rejected by the o.hcr; but no bill
shall originate in either House during tn last
ten days of the session. nor become It law, un-
til it be read on three different days of the ses
sion in each House, unless three-lourths of the
members OF the House where such uill is PEN
ding shall so determine.
Section 27.--No bill shall become a law un-
less 1t be passed in each House by majority of
the whole number of members elected, and ON
its final passage the ayes and noes be recorded.
Section 2s.-The style of all laws of this
State shall be {: Be ii enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland" and all laws shall be
passed by original bill and every law enacted
by the General Assembly shall embrace but one
subject, and that shall he described in the title
and no law nor section of Il law shall be re-
viscd 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 us the said Article or scction
would read when amended and whenever the
General Assembly shall enact any Public Cen.
crai Law, not amendatory of any Section or
Article in the said Code, it 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 TO provide for
the publication Of M additions and alterations
which may be made TO the said Code.
Section 29.--Every bill, when passed by the
Ger cral Assembly and sealed with the Great
Seal, shall be presented 10 the Governor, who
shall sgh the SAME in the presence of the pre-
siding officers and Chief Clerks Of the Senate
and House Of Delega les. Every Law shall be
recorded in the Office Of the Court Of Appeals,
and, Ia due ime, be printed, published and
certified under the Great Seal 10 the several
Courts, in the same manner as has been here
tofore 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 at viii b il may
be passed, unless ii be otherwise expressly de-
clrred therein; aud in case any public law is
made to take effect before the said first day OF
June, the General Assembly shall provide for
the immediate publication of the same.
Section 3l.-No money shall be drawn from
the Treasury of the State, except in accord
ance with an appropriation by law, and every
such law shall distinctly specify the sum ap-
prUpriated, and the object to which it shall be
applied; provided that nothing herein con.
tanned shall prevent the General Assembly
from placing n contingent fund at the disposal
of the Executive, who shall report TO the
General Assembly at eac h sessio n, tie amount
expended and the purposes to which it was
applied; an recurate statement of the receipts
aad expenditures o The public money shall
be attached TO and published with the laws
after each regular session of the General As
| sembly.
| Section 32.--The 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 10 fees or
| salaries relating to the interest on money; pro-
| vding for regulating the election or compensa-
| ton of State or County officers; or designating
| the places of voting; or the boundaries of cleo
tim Districts providing for the sale of real es-
tate belonging to minors or other persons la
|
| administrators, guardians or trustees; giving
effect to informal or invalid deeds or willis re-
/ funding money paid into the State Treasury,
| or releasing persons from their debts or obli.
| cations to the State, unless recommended by
the Governor or Officers of the Treasury De
par;ment; or establishing, locating OF affecting
the construction of roads, and the repairing oil
building Of bridges. And the General Assem-
| bly, shall pass no special law for any case fo
I Il: sr,., b.. han aIn
general law. The General Assembly, at IL
first session after the adoption OF this Cousti
| tuition, shall pass general laws providing 70
| the cases enumerated in this section, and fo
all other cases where's general law can be mad
applicable.
Section 33.--No debt shall be hereafter con
iracted by the General Assembly unless suel
debt shall be authorized by law providin,
for the collection of an annual tax or take
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as !
falls due, snd also to discharge the principa
thereof within fifteen years from the time G
contracting the same, and the taxes laid 70
this purpose shall not be repealed or applied I
any other object until the said debt and inter
est thereon shall be fully discharged. Th
credit OF the Stale shall not, in any manner
be given or loaned to, or in aid of any assoc
alton or corporation, nor shall the General A!
sembly have the power in any mode to iuvolv
ternal improvements, nor in any enterpris
which shall involve the fait, or credit OF I'll
State, sor make any appropriations therefo
and they shall not use or appropriate the prt
ceeds OF the internal improvement companie
or of the State tax now levied, or which ma
hereafter be levied, to pay of the public deb
to any other purpose until the interest al
debt are fully paid, or the sinking fund sha
be equal to the amount of the outstandin
!, debt; but the General Assembly may, withol
laying tax, borrow an amount, never to e.
coed fifty thousand dollars, to meet temporal
] deficiencies in the Treasury, and may contra
debts to any amount that may be necessary f
the defence of the State.
( Section 34.-No extra compensation sha
, be granted or allowed by the General Asser
I bly, to any public aifcer, agent, servant,
a contractor, after the services shall have be
r rendered or the contract entered into; n
t shall the salary or compensation of any pub
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