The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-01
CHAPTER OF.
AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article o
of the Constitution of this state.

of the Constitution of this state.
SECTION |. BE il enacted bu the General As.
Senlbiy Of Maryland (three-hfths of all the
members of the two Houses concurung),
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and If adopted
by the legal and qualified voters thereof, as
herein provided, IL shall supersede and stand
in the place and stead OF section 81 of Article
Of said Constitution.
SECTION "a. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by a Law pro-
vfding for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the interest on
such debt as 1t falls due, and also to dis
charge the principal thereof within fifteen
years from the time of contracting the
same, and the taxes laid for this purpose
shall not be repealed or applied to any other
object until the said debt and interest there
on shall be'fully discharged. The credit of
the State shall not in any manner be given
or loaned to, or in aid of any individual,
association or corporation; nor shall the
General Assembly have the power in any
mode to involve the State in the construc-
ton of works of internal Improvement. nor
In granting any aid thereto which shall in
volve 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 st. Mary's,
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage rom such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State; and pro-
vided that such aid, advances or appropri-
atoms shall not exceed in the aggregate the
sum OF hNe hundred thousand dollars, and
they snail not use or appropriate the pro-
ceeds of the internal Improvement eompa-
MES, or ofthe state tax now levied or which
may hereafter be levied to pay off the
pubic debt to lany other purpose until
the interest and debt are fully paid, or the
sinking fund shall be equal to the amount
OF the outstanding debt; but the General
Assembly may, without laying n tax, bor-
row an amount never to exceed fifty thou
sand dollars to meet temporary deficiencies
In the treasury, and may contract debts to
/ any amount that may be necessary for the
defense of the State.
But nothing IN this section or in this
constitution contained shall deprive the
General Assembly of the power to appor-
ton amongst and to appropriate TO the city
Of Baltimore and the several counties OF
the stale out OF any funds i'm the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, a sum of money
not exceeding four hundred thousand dol
| lars, each year. TO be expended only in the
construction and maintenance OF public
roads ana highways under and IN accord
ance win such regulations as the General
| Assembly may from Time to time pres cribe
SECTION z. fflld b0 u further enacted hU the
auttorRg aforesaid, That the aiorego-
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to TO the Constitution shall be, at the
next general election held In this State,
suhmitledt 70 the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained in
Article Il of the Constitution of this state,
and at the said general election the vote
HfiiN iAbIpctu 10 inc lonSll-
tuition shall be by ballot and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words "For Con-
stitutional Amendment and Against
\ constitutional Amendment as now pre-
] scribed by law, aud Immediately after said
election due return shall be 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 20 certify that this engrossed doc
ument proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution OF the state Of Maryland, the
original OF which was passed by the senate
by yeas ana nays, more than three-nfths of
, an the members elected voting In the ar
hrmative ON March 2, 1904
I SPENCER c. JONES,
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary OF he Senate.
I
This is to certify that this engrossed doc
ument proposing an Amendment to the
| constitution OF the State OF Maryland. the
original Of which was passed BY the House
| Of Delegates by yeas and nays, more than
| three-iliths OF all the members elected vot-
ca In the affirmative on March TO- Ip0l.
GEORGE Y. EvERHART,
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