The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-02
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AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article OF
the Constitution of this state.
Section /. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland tthreefifths of all
the members of the two Houses concurringJ J,
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, ii shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead OF Section "a
of Article 3 Of said Constitution.
Section "a. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unlrss
such debt shall be authorized by Il law pro-
viding for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient TO pay the interest on
such debt as it falls due, and also to dis
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shall not be repealed or applied to any other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
voive the faith or credit OF the S'a'e; nor
make any appropriation therefor, cept in
aid OF the construction of works o. Internal
improvement in til counties of st. Mary
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 a tax, Dor
row an amount never to exceed fifty thou
sand dollars to meet TEN porary 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-
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, sum of money
not exceeding four hundred thousand dol
lars each year, to be extended 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
the Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election the vote on said pro.
posed anne ndment 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
and Immediately after said election due re.
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 the Constitution.