Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-10
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In the place and Stead OF Section "a OF Art1cle
SECTION 81. No debt shall be hereafter con-
tracted by the General Assembly unless such
debt shall be authorized by law providing
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as
it falls due, and also to discharge The princi-
pal thereof within fifteen years from the
time of contracting the same, aud the taxes
laid for this purpose shall not be repealed or
applied to any other object until the said
debt and interest thereon shall lie fully dis
any manner be given or loaned TO, or In aid
Ofany individua; Association or corp ration;
nor shall the General Assembly have the
power In any mode, t" involve the state IN
the construction of works of Internal i'm
provement, nor of granting any aid thereto
which shall involve the faith or credit OF the
State; nor make any Appropriation therefore.
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 from such works as have
vded that suck aid, advances or sppropri-
atons shall not exceed in the aggregate the
sum offive hundred Thousand dollars, and
ceeds of the internal improvement compa-
MES, or OF the state tax now levied or which
may hereafter be levied to pay off 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 the outstan-
ding debt; but the General Assembly may,
to ayg s1esed ax donrs 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 Con-
sttutiOn contained shall deprive the 0cneral
Assembly of the power to sppOrtion amongst
and to appropriate to the city OF Baltimore
aud the several counties of the state out of
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, asum OF money not exceeding
four hundred thousand dollars each year, To
be expended only IN the construction and
maintenance OF public roads and highways
under and in accordance with such regula-
tions as the General Assembly may from
time to time prescribe.
SECTION 2. And be a. further enacted by
the az hority aforesaid. That the aforegong
section hereby proposed as an amenhment
to the Constitution shall be, at the next gem
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the a.
rections contained in Article Ia or the Constl.
tion of this State, and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot shall be printed the
words: "For constitutional Amendment
and against Constitutional Amendment, "
az now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due return shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, az directed by
said fourteenth article of the Constitution.
This Is to certify that this engrossed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, the origi-
yeas and nays, more than three fliths ofa
the members elected voting in the affirm-
SPENCER c. JONES,
President ofthe Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretu,.U Of the Senate,