Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-28
CHAPTER OF.
AN ACT TO amend Section "a of Article Z
of the Constitution of this State.

AN All 10 aI0enn SecflOn 81 OF Article 3
OF the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. BE II enacted bv the General
Assembly Of Maryland lthret ffths of all
the members of the two Houses eoncurring),
Ihat the following section be and the same
IS hereby proposed as nm amendment to tho
Constitution Of this State. and IL adonted
O. Tho |, gal and qualified voters Thereon,
as herein provided. it shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of Section "a
Of Article Of said Constitution.
SECTION "a. 10 debt shall H. hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by law pro-
yiding for the collection Of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient TO pay the interest OF
sgch debt as 1t falls due. and also to dis
c-arge the principal thereof within fifteen
years from the time of contracting tie
same, and the taxes laid for this purpose
shall not be repealed or applied toany other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 eonstruc-
ton of works of internal Improvement, nor
IN granting any aid thereto which shall in
Yolye 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's
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State; and pro-
0DDfODTl-
atoms shall not exceed IN the aggregate the
sum of FIVE hundred thousand dollars, and
fhey shall not use or appropriate the pro-
Seeds OF the internal improvement compa-
mes, or OF the State tax now levied or
which may hereafter be levied TO pay of
tne pi Dllc debt, 70 any other purpose until
the interest and deit are fully paid, or the
sinking fund shall be equal to the amount
of the outstanding debt; but the General
Assembly may. without laying q 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 to amor
tion amongst and to appropriate to the city
the State out Of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, q 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 e further enacted By
the authority aforesaid. That the aforegs-
Ing section hereby proposed as an amend
ment 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, n
pursuance of the directions contained IN
Article II OF the Constitution Of this State,
~Ad a N--S E1A4 StLSEdl ELECTION TIE wore
on said proposed amendment TO the Consti-
tuition shall be By ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words: f'For
Constitutional Amendment" ard AGAINST
Constitutional Amendment" as now pre-
scrioed by law, and Immediately after said
election d-e 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
document proposing IN Amendment to tbe
Constitution OF the State Of MARYLAND. ffe
original OF which was passed by the Senate
By yeas and nays, more than three-dfths Of
ell the members elected voting IN the ar
nrm2tive. On March 2. 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
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