The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-08-19
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT to amend Section Il of Article OF
the Constitution of this State.

AN ACT to amend section "a of Article 3 oi
the Constitution of this state.
Section l. lie it enacted by the General
Assembly of Mary and (thrce-tifths of all
the members of the two Houses concurringl
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. ii shall Supersede and
stand in the place and stead OF Section 81
of Article 3 OF said Constitution.
Section "a. No debt shall be hereatte r
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by law pro-
vidng for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient 10 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shall not be repealed or applied to any oi Itrr
object until the said debt and interest th.re.
on shall be fully discharged The credit of
the state Sha Il not IN any manner be given
or loaned to. or in aid of any individual
association or corporation; nor shall the
General Assembly nave 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
voIve the Hi or credit OF the i~:H'c; nor
make any aIp!onI iaiioA therefor, .vept In
aid of the constructions of works o Internal
improvement in tn counties of - Mary's
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State; and pro.
vided that such aid, advances or apprupri.
ations shall no, exceed in the aggregate the
sum of five hundred thousand dollars, and
they shall not use or appropriate the pro.
ceeds of the internal improvement com.
panieS, or OF the state tax now levied or
which may hereafter be levied to pay oil
The public debt, to any 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 tax, Dor
exceed
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 10 appor-
tion amongst and to appropriate to the city
OF Baltimore and the several counties OF
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 publ,
| roads and highways under and in accord
| ance with such regulations as the Genera
| Assembly may from time to time prescribe
Section .. And be II further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
| section hereby proposed as an amendment
| to the Constitution shall be, at the mex
| general election held in this State, sub
| United to the legal qualified voters thereo
| for their adoption or rejection, in pursuance,
| of the directions contained in Article II o
| the Constitution of this State, and at tn,
| said general election the vote on said pro
| posed anne ndment to the Constitution shall
| be by ballot, and upon each ballot shall b'
printed the words " For Constitutions
| Amendment and Against constitutional
1 Amendment as now prescribed by law
and Immediately after said election due re
turn shall be made to the Governor of thu
| vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth
| Article of the Constitution,