The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-04
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 3 of
the Constitution ofthis state.
Section l. BE II enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three.iinhs of ali
the members of the two Houses concurring),
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, 1t shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of Section "a
of Article , OF said Constitution.
section "a. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be auth oriZed by Il law pro-
| viding for the collection of an annual tax
or ,aX IeI, Siliie1 1a 10 pay the Interest on
| 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| shall not be repealed or applied to any other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 and interest there
| on shall be fully discharged. The credit of
| the state shall not in any manner be given
| or loaned to. or in aid of any individual |,
| ASSOCIATION or corporation nor shall the
| General Assembly have the power in any
| mode 10 involve the State in the conStruc-
| tion of works of internal improvement, nor
| III granting any aid thereto which shall in
| yOlve the faith or credit of the State nor
| make any appropriation therefor, except in
aid OF the construction OF works OF internal
| improvement in tn counties of st. MaryS,
| 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 appropri-
atiOnS shall not eXcet 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
| panips, 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 be equal to the amount
of the outstanding debt; but the General
| Assembly may, without laying Il tax, Dor
| row an amount never to exceed fifty thou
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 to appor-
ton 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 appropriated, a sum of money
not exceeding four hundred thousand dol
lars each year, to be eXl ended only in the
| construction and maintenance of public
| roads ana highways under and in accord
ance with such regulations as the General
| Assembly may from time to time prescribe.
Section q And be 1t 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, sub
mitted to the legal qualified voters thereof
| for their adoption or rejection, In pursuance
of the directions contained in Article IA OF
the Constitution of this State, and at the
aid general election the vote on said pro
poSen amt ndment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot shall be
printed the words: :" For Constitutions
Amendment and gainSt CONSTITUTIONS
Amendment. as now prescribed by law
and Immediately after said election due re
turn shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
mert, as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution.