The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article q
of the Constitution OF this State.


of the Constitution OF this State.
SECTION l. BE 10 enacted 6y The General As
sen.Jly 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
by the legal and qualified voters thereof, as
herein provided, 1t shall supersede and stand
in the place and stead dissection 81 of Article
of said Constitution.
SECTION "a. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by law pro-
viding nor the collection OF an annual tax
taxes sufficient to pay the interest on
such debt as 1t falls due, and also TO dis
charge the principal thereof within hHeen
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shall not be repealed or applied TO any other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 gwen
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 faith or credit OF the State; nor
make any appropriation therefor, except in
aid of the construction of works of internal
Improvement In the 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-
! Stions shall not exceed in the aggregate the
! sum OF live hHndred thousand dollars, ana
| they snnll not use or appropriate the pro-
ceeds of the internal improvement compa-
| nies, or OF the state tax now levied or which
| may hereafter be levied to pay of the
| public Gebt. 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 debi; but the General
| Assembly may, without laying tax, bor-
row an amount never TO exceed nifty 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 ;his section or I'm this
| Constitution contained shall deprive the
| General Assembly of the power to appor-
\ ton amongst and to appropriate 90 the city
| of baltimore ana 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 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 2. And be Il further enacted bg The
| authority Aforesaid, That the aiorego-
| going eCtion hereby proposed ms an amend
ment to TO the Constitution shall be, az 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 II of the Constitution Of this state,
and at the said general election the vote
on Shlu proposed Amendment To the 1ohsil-
tuition shan be by ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words: For Com
! stitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by the
said fourteenth Article Of the Constitution
This is to certify that this engrossed doc
ument proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution OF the state Of Maryland, the
original of which was passed by the Senate
by yeas and nays, more than three-lifths OF
all the members elected voting in the ar
firmative ON March 2, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President Of he Senate
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
This isto certify that this engrossed doc
ument proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution OF the state of Maryland, the
original OF which was passed by the HOUSE
| OF Delegates by yeas and nays, more than
three-hfths of all the members elected vot
cd in the Affirmative on March TO- 1904.
GEORGE Y. EvERHART,
Speaker Of 1e House Of Delegates,
BENJAMIN L. SMITH,
cAle Clerk.