The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-25
SPENCER {. JONDS.
prp:iIt.ut nf fine Sen1
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.

This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
| mcnt proposing an Amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Maryland, the orlgi-
nal of which was passed by the House OF
| Delegates by yeas and nays. more than three
! ffths of the members elected voting in the
| affirmative. on March 10. 1904.
| GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
| Speaker of the House of Delegates.
| BENJAMIN L. SMITH.
| Chief Clerk.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article j
| of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
| Assembly of Maryland tthrce-htthS 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 here
| in provided, it shall supersedc 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 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 such
| debt il falls due, and also to discharge the
| principal thereof within fifteen years from the
time of contracting the same, and the taxes
| laid for this purpose shall not he repealed or
| applied to any other object until the said
| debt and interest thereon shall be fully dis
| charged The credit of the State shall not in
any manner he given or loaned to, or i'll aid
| OF an individual. association OF corporation
| nor shall the General Assembly have the
| power in any mode 10 involve the STATE IN
| the construction of W Orks ofinterualimproNe-
ncnt. nor in granting any aid thereto which
shall involve the faith or credit OF the State
| nor make any appropriation therefor. except
| in aid OF I he construction OF works OF internal
| Improvement in the counties of st. Mary's,
| Charles and Calvert, which had no direct ad-
| vantage from such works as have been mere
| tofore aided by the State and provided that
| such aid. advances or appropriations shall
not exceed in the aggregate the sum OF hVe
| hundred thousand dollars and they shall not
| use appropriate the proceeds of the inter
| nal Improvement companies, or OF the state
| tax now levied or which may hereafter he
| levied to pay on the public debt, to any other
| purpose until the interest and debt are fully
| paid, the sinking fund shall be equal to the
| amount of the outstanding debt; but the
! General Assembly may, without having a tax,
| borrow amount never to exceed nifty
| thousand dollars to meet temporary dehcien-
cies in the treasury. and may contract debts
20 any amount that may be necessary iDr tne
| defense OF the State.
But nothing in this section or In this Consti-
tuition contained shall deprive the General
! Assembly of the power to apportion 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 ap-
propriated. sum of money not exceeding
four hundred thousand dollars each year, to
be expended only in the construction and
III maintenance OF public roads and highways
| under and in accordance with such regula-
| tions as the General Assembly may from time
to time prescribe.
| SECTION .. And he it further enacted by
! the authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed rs an amendment to
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
directions contained in Article IL OF the Con-
stitution OF this State, and at the SAID genera
election the vote said proposed amend
| mcnt to the Constitution shall be by ballot.
and upon each ballot shall be printed the
| words: 'For Constitutional Amendment
| and "A gainst Constitutional Amendment,
| as now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be made
said proposed amendment as directed by
said fourteenth article of the Constitution.
| This is to certify that this enSrossed docu.
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con.
stitution of the State OF Maryland, the oriSi
nal of which passed by the Senate by
yeas and NAYS. more than three-fiithS of al
the members elected votingin the affirmative
| on March ., 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
prrAident of the Senate