The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-18

make any appropriation therefor, except
| in aid of the construction of works of in
ternal improvement in the counties of ST.
Mary's, Charles and Calvert, which had
no direct advantage from such works as
have been heretofore aided by the State;
and provided that such aid, advances or
appropriations shall not exceed in the ag
| gregate the sum of five hundred thousand.
dollars, and they shall not use or appro-
pirate the proceeds of the internal i'm
| provement companies or of the State tax
now levied or which may hereafter be
Ilevied 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, borrow an amount
never to exceed fifty thousand dollars to
meet temporary deficiencies in the treas
! ury, 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-
ton amongst and to appropriate to the
city of Baltimore and the several coun-
ties of the State out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
sum of money not exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars each year, to be expend-.
ed only in the construction and mainte-
nance of public roads and highways un-
der and in accordance with such regula-
tions as the General Assembly may from
time to time prescribe.
SECTION 2. And be 1T furthe, enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
fO tho (lnnctifnfi0n chon ho Of ho
general election held in this State, sub
mitted to the legal and 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 proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot shall be printed the words:
"For Constitutional Amendment" and
against Constitutional Amendment" Us
now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amen dment, as
directed by the said fourteenth article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed
document proposing an Amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
the original of which was passed bY the
Senate by yeas and meas, more than three
fiftbs of all the members elected voting in
the affirmative, on March 3, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed
document 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 meas.
more than three -fifths of all 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
Now, THEREFORE,, I, EDWIN WAR
FIELD, Governor of the State OF Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions Of.
Section 1 of Article ii of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, and of the man
date of the Court of Appeals of the State
of Maryland, Go hereby order and direct
that copy of each of said bills proposing
said amendments to said Articles and
of the Constitution of the State be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the State, where so
many may be published, and in any
county where not more than one newspa-
per may be published, then in that news
paper, and in three newspapers in the
city of Baltimore, one of which shall be
in the German language, once a week for
at least three months preceding the next
general election, which said election will
be held on the 7th day of November, 1905,
at which election the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted, in
the form and manner prescribed
by the General Assembly, to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection.
~---) Given under my hand