The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-16
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT 10 amend Section "a Of Article ? OF
the Constitution Of this State.

AN ACT 10 amend Section "a Of Article 2 of
the Constitution Of this State.
Ses-riox !. BE IL eRactei by the General
assembly Of Maryland tlhrer tit,hs II nil the
members of the Iwo HOUSES eonenrri"e J,
That the foliowiug section ~ and the sa'n'' IS
hereby proposed as an amendment e. the
Constitution Of this State. and II ad"pi''i ~
th,. legal and qualified VOTERS thereof. ss h-niit
nrsyided, il shall super>ffe aud sian,i 10 ths.
place and stead Of Section "a of Article 3 et
said Constitution.
SncrIox a. No debt shall he hereafter
cn-trac,ed by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be- authorized by ~ law pro
viding for the collection et an annual tax or
taxes sufficient to pay the interest on snch
debt AS II falls due, aud also 10 discharge the
principal thereof within fifteen years from the
lime OF contracting the same. and the taxes
laid for this purpose shall not be repealed or
anplied 10 anv other object until The said debt
and interest thereon shall be fully discharged.
The credit of the State shall not IN any manner
be given or loaned to, or in aid OF any indl-
vidual. association or corporations; nor shall
the General Assembly have the power in any
mode TO involve the State in the construction
Of works Of internal improvement. nor IN
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
the faith or credit of the Slate; nor make any
appropriation therefor. except IN aid OF the
construction of works of internal improvement
in the counties of st. Marys, Charles and
Calvert. which had no direct advantage from
such works as have been heretofore aideG by
the Stale; and provided that such aid, advances
or appropriations shall not exceed in the az
gregate the sum of five hundred thousand dol
lars, and they shall not use or appropriate the
proceeds of the internal improvement compa-
nies. or of the State tax now levied or which
may hereafter be levied to pay of 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 a tax. borrow an amount never TO eH-
ceed iifty thousand dollars to meet temporary
deficiencies in the treasury, and may contract
debts 10 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 General
Assembly of the power to apportion amongst
and to appropriate to the city of Baltimore and
the several counties of the State out OF any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, sum of money not exceeding four
hundred thousand dollars each year, to be
expended only in the construction and main
tenanee of public roads and highways under
aud in accordance with such regulations as
the General Assembly may from time to time
prescribe.
SEcrIox 2. 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 next general
election held in this State, submitted to the
legal aud qualified voters thereof for their
adop,ion or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rections contained in Article IA of The Con-
sttution of this State. and n, the said general
election the vote ON said proposed amendment
10 the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot shall be printed the words !:
.fFor CONSTITUTIONS Amendment and
against Constitutional Amendment" as
now prescribed by law, and Immediately after
said election due return shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro
posed amendment, as directed by the sand
fourteenth article of the Constitution.
Tb;s is N cerfifv that this euqrossed docu-