Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-10-07

AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article 3 of

CHAPTER 97.
AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article 3 of
the Constitution of this State
SECTION l. BE it rnlctcd hy the General As
S"mhIy of Maryland thr"" tithS of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurringl That
tn" following section hc and the same is hereby
proposed aS an amendment to the COISti tuition
of this state, and if adopted bv the, leull and
uuallhrd voters thereof, rs herein provided, il
shall Supcrscdc and stand in the place and stead
of Section "a of Article of said Constitution
SECTION 81. No debt shall he hereafter con
traCtCd 10y the General Assembly unless such
debt shall he authorized 10y Il law prov iding for
the collection of AN annual tax or taxes sutiic-
Irnt to pay the interest ON such debt as it falls
due, ana also to discharge the principal thereof
within iitc"n years from the time of contract
ing the same, and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall not he repealed or applied to any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall hr fully discharged. The credit
of the stat" shall not in any manner bc given
or loaned to; or in aid of any individual, aSSoci-
atlun or corporation nor shall the General As
SGmhly have the power i'll any mode to involve
the SIatc in the construction of works of inter
nal improvements, nor i'll granting any aid
thereto which shall involve the faith or credit
of the state: nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid of the construction
OF works of internal Improvement in the
counties of 81. Mary ;, Charles and Calvert
which had no direct advantage from such works
rs have been heretofore aided 10y the state and
provided that such aid, advances orappropria
tiunN shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
OF tiNc hundred thousand dollars, and they shall
not use or appropriate the proceeds OF the in
tcrml Improvement companies, or of the state
taN now levied or which may hereafter he ley
led to pay OF the public debt, to any other
purpose until the interest and debt are fully
paid, or the sinking fund shall he equal to the
amount of tn" outstanding debt ; hut the Gen
craI Assembly may, without laying IL tax buT-
row AN amount never To exceed nifty Thousand
dollars tn meet temporary deficiencies in the
treasury, and may contract debts To any
amount that may hc necessary for the defense
ut the STATE.
hut nothing in this section or in this Cousti-
tuition contained shall deprive the General As
scmhly of the power to apportiun amongst and
10 appropriate to the city of Baltimore and the
several counties Of the State out of any funds
in the Treasury not othcrWiSc appropriated
sum of money not exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars each year, to bc cNpcndcd
only in the construction and maintenance of
pubic roads and highways undcrand in accord
ancc with such regulations as the General As
Scmhly may from time To time prescribe.
SECr!oN2. And be il further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the atOrCgOing SEC
tlon hereby proposed rs an amendment to the
Constitution shall bc. at the next general elrc-
tion held in this state, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adoption
or rejection, In pursuance of the directions
contained in Article II of the Constitution of
this state, and at the said general election the
vote on said proposed amendment to the Con
StitutiOn shall br by ballot, and upon each hal
lot shall bc printed the words, FOR CunStitu-
tinnal Amendments, and against ConSti
tutiOnal Amendment" as now prescribed hy
law, and immediately after said election due
return shall Toe made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify, That this cngroSscd docu-
mcnt proposing an Amendment to the Cousti-
tuition OF the state OF Maryland the original
of which was passed hy the Senate hy yeas and
nays, more than three htths at all the members
elected voting in the Affirmative ON March >
1894.
SPENCER e. JONES,
President of the senate