The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-09
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article of
the Constitution of this State.

A. ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 3 of
the Constitution of this State.
Section /. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-fifhs of all
| the members of the two Houses concurringD,
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 81. No debt Shall be herea Il err
| contracted by the General Assembly unless
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 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shall not be repealed or applied to any Other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 TO involve the state in the construc-
ton of works OF internal improvement, nor
| in granting any aid thereto which shall in
volve the ia lth or crI dit OF the Stare; nor
| make any appropriation therefor, except in
aid of the construction of works o Internal
improvement In tn counties of -. Nary ;,
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 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 n tax, bor-
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 10 appor-
tion 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 eXT ended 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 2. 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
said general election the vote on said pro-
be by ballot, and upon each ballot shall be
printed the words: " For Constitutional
Amend ment ), 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
ment as directed by the said Fourteenth
! Article of tire Constitution.