The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-09-14
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herein provided, it shall supersede and stand
in the place and st ad of Section "a of Arti-
Gle of said Constitution.
SECTION g. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by a law pro
yiding for the collection Of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the interest OH
such debt as it falls due, and also to dis
CHARGE the princiDaI thereof within fftaen
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be repealed or applied to any other object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 thereon
shall be fully discharged. The credit of the
State shall not i'll any manner be given or
loaned to. or in aid of any individual. assO-
citation or corporation; nor shall.the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to
involve sthe State in the construction of
works of internal Improvement. nor in
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
the faith or credit OF the State; nor make
any appropriation therefor, except in aid
the construction Of works of internal i'm
provement in the counties of st. Mary's,
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State; and provided
that such aid, advances or appropriations
shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of
five hundred thousand dollars, and they
shall not use OrsapprOpriate the proceeds of
the internal Improvement companies or OF.
the State tax now levied or which may heE
after be levied to pay of the public debts
any other purpose until the interest alrr-
debt are fully paid, or the sinking fund ShafR
be equal to the amount of the outstanding
debt; but the General Assembly may, with
out laying a tax. borrow an amount never
to exceed fifty thousand 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 Con
StitutiOn contained shall deprive the Cen
eral Assembly OF the power to apportion
amongst ana to appropriate to the city of
Baltimore and the several counties of the
State out of any funds in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, sum of money not
exceeding four hundred thousand dollars
each year, to be expended only in the CON
StructiOn and maintenance of public roads
and highways under and in accordance
| with such regulations as the General Assem-
( bly, may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION ?. ind be il .ftottey enacted by the
! d}tthOrity Qtoresdid, That the aforegoing sec
/ ton hereby proposed as an amendment to
! the Constitution shall be, at the next general
election held i nthiS State, submitted to the
! legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption OF rejection, in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article II of the Con-
stitutiOn of this State. and at the said gen
| eral election sthe vote on said proposed
+ amendment to the Constitution shall be by
: ballot. and upon each ballot shall be printed
ment' and Against Constitutional Amend
ment," as now prescribed by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due return
shall be made to the Governor of the votes
| for and against said proposed amendment.
as directed by the 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-
nal of which was passed by the Senate by
yeas and nays, more than three fitthS of all
the members elected voting in the aftirma-
tive, on March ,. 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President Of the Senate.