The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-14
CHAPTER VI.


tEE Z Constitution Ul FhtF otAtt-
srrrIax !. Re 4 saaeir.I ~ fGs Geaepll
4Saeaabls Of Maryland ,hfra- ki,hs 81 AZ the
members of The Ivo Husses eoscurrlug d,
That jhs foil0Sing section BE- and The same j.
hereby proposed ~ an amradmcns ta ihe
Constitution of his State. and L aiopisel hs
the legal aad qualified voters ihereOi. a. heFriu
provided, i shall suprsSeer aud stand ia the
place and stead Of Section 80 81 Article 81
said Constitution.
Sncrl0x 80. No debi shall be hereafter
casr,acted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized 10y laW pro,
yiajns for the collection ef an anuaai tsx OF
taxes efficient to pay The interest oG such
dr's ~ It fallz due. and also to discharge the
l,r.ueipsl thereof within fifteen years from the
iinia OF contracting the same, aud she taxes
laid Tor this purpose shall not be repealed oT
applied 10 aay olber obiec, until the said debit
and interest thereon shall be fully discharged.
The credit OF the State shall not in any manner
be given or loaned TO. or in sid OF any iudI-
vidual. association or corporation; nor shall
the General Assembly have the power in any
mode 10 involve the State in the construction
OF works of internal improyeIseni. nor in
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
the faith or credit Of the State; nor make any
appropriation therefor. excep, 10 atd 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 aided by
the Stale; aud provided that such aid, advances
or appropriations shall not exceed ia the az
gregaie the sum Of five hundred thousand dol
lars, and they shall not use or appropriate the
proceeds OF the inierual Improvement cumpA,
nies, or of the State tax nov levied or which
may hereafter be levied to pay off the public
debt, 10 any other purpose until the interest
aud debt are fully paid. or the sinking fund
shall lie equal TO the amount of the outstanding
debt; but the General Assembly may, without
laying tax, borrow an amount never 10 eX-
ceed 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.
Bat nothing in this section or in this Con.
stitution contained shall deprive the General
Assembly of the power 10 apporiion amongst
and TO appropriate to the city of Baltimore aud
the several counties Of the State ont Of any
funds ia the Treasury not otherwise appro-
prIated. a SUN OF money not exceeding tour
hundred thousand dollars each year, 10 be
expended only in the construction and mann
tenance of public roads and highways under
aud in accordance with such regulations aS
the General Assembly may from time to time
prescribe.
SECTION . ARd be it further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment 10
the Constitution shall be. at the next general
election held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rections contained in Article Il of the Con
stitution of this State, and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot shall be printed the words
''For CONSTITUTIONS Amendment and
against Constitutional Amendment, as
now prescribed by law. aud 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 said
fourteenth article of the Constitution.
This ia TO certify that this eugrossed docu.