The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-10-07
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article 3 OF
the Constitution of this State.

AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article of
the Constitution of this state.
Section |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three-fifths of all
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
as herein provided, 1t shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead OF Section "a
of Article of said Constitution.
Section 81 No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly uIie>s
such debt shall be authorized by a law pro-
viding for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient TO pay the interest on
charge the principal thereof within ii teen
years from the time of contracting the
same, and the taxes laid for this purpos"
shall not be repealed or applied to any OF .Ier
object until the said debt and interesi 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 to involve the state IN the construc-
tion of works of internal improvement. nor
voive the faith or credit OF the State; nor
make any appropriation therefor, except in
aid of the CONSTRUCTION OF works OF internal
improvement i'll tn counties OF : Mays,
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the state; and pro-
vded that such aid, advances or appropri-
atoms shall not 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 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 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-
of Baltimore and the several counties of
the State out of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated. n sum OF money
not exceeding four hundred thousand dol
| lars each year, to be expended only in the
construction and maintenance of public
roads and 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 he, 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
| said general election the vote on said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
| be by ballot, and upon each ballot shall be
| printed the words For Constitutional
! Amendment and against Constitutional
| Amendment" as now prescribed by law,
turn shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
| meht, as directed by the said Fourteenth
| Article of the Constitution.