The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-02

the legal and qualified voters thereof. as
herein rOVidCd. itShall Supprsede ana stand
IN the place and st al of Section 81 of Arti-
Gle of said Constitution.
SECTION 81. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
SUCH DEBT SHAH be authorized by law pro
FldlnE Tor the collection Of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient TO pay the interest on
such DEBT as 1t fans 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be repealed or applied to any other object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 ana interest thereon
Shall be IuliY DISCHARGED. The credit of the
state shall not in any manner be given or
loaned to. or in aid of any individual, assO-
ciatlo4 or corporation; nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to
involve sthe State in the construction of
works of internal improvements nor i'm
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
IAe IdlJn or credit OF the State; nor make
any appropriation therefor. except in aid Of
the construction OF works Of internal i'm
pfoNement i'll 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
mat such ala, advances or appropriations
Shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of
hVe hundred thousand dollars, and they
Snall not use inappropriate the proceeds Of
the internal Improvement companies or of
the state tax now levied or which may here
after be levied to pay off the public dehs--E
any other purpose until the interest
GeDt are IuIly paid, or the sinking fund
De equal TO the amount of the OutStauGTnu.
debt; but the General Assembly NAV, with,
out laying tax, borrow an amount never
10 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
StltutiOn contained shall deprive the Cen
eral Assembly of the power to apportfon
amongst and to appropriate to the city of
baitllhOfe ana the several counties of the
State OUT OF any funds in the Treasury not
oUhefWlse appropriated, a sum of money not
exceeding four hundred thousand dollars
each year, to be expended only in the con
struction and maintenance of public roads
ana highways under and in accordance
with such regulations as the General Assem-
bly, may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION ?. ind be it further enacted by the
n}dhoray 0t0reSdid, That the aforegoing sec
tlon hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution shall be, at the next general
election held nthiS 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 Con-
stitution of this State, and at the said gen
eral election -the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be BY
ballot, and upon each ballot shall be printed
the words: For Constitutional Amend
ment and Against Constitutional Amend
ment as now prescribed by law, and i'm
medtatey after said election due return
snail 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 fifths of all
the members elected voting in the affirma-
tive, on March ,, 1904.
SPENCER C. JONES.
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary Of the Senate
This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con
Stltution Of the State of Marylan T., the origi-
nal OF which was passed by the House of
delegates by yeas and nays, more than
three -tifthS of all the members elected vot-
ing III the affirmative. on March TO- 1904
GEORGE Y. EVERHART.
Speaker fUbe House Of DeIeq6teS.