Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-16
CHAPTER OF.
AN ACT to amend Section 80 OF Article
of the Constitution of this State.

AN ACT to amend Section 81 OF Article 3
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION 1. BE 70 enacted by The General
Assembly, Of Maryland (thI q 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 IL ado-te1
~ the 1, -al and qualified voters thereof,
as herein prov deg. II shall superSede and
stand IN lie place AMI stead of Section "a
asticie III said Constitution.
SHC.4S.; 2i. No debt shall ie hereafter
sntractaG tY Che General Assembly unless
sch a. BIT ssi 3e authorized ly q law pro-
idilc l3r ere collection OF an annual tax
-r taS SGLiciDt , pay the interest on
sIch dcbi as it falls DE. and also to dis
essrEc the priacipsi thereof within fifteen
years from tie time OF contracting the
sa-1e, anG the taxes laid for this purpose
shall not be repealed CT applied TO any other
Ui icct Entll tie said debt andiuterest there
ON shall Re f1lly discharged. The credit of
the State shall not IN any manner be given
or loaned 10. or IN aid OF any Individual,
association or corporation ncr shall the
General Assembly hare the power in any
mode to Involve the state Ia the eonstruc-
ton Of works Of Internal Improvement. nor
in granting any aid thereto which shall in
Yolve the faith or credit OF the State. nor
make any appropria ton therefor, except II
q a of the construction of works of internal
Improvement In tie counties of st. Mary g,
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State; and pro-
vided that stch aid. advances or appropri-
atoms shall not e-eeed in the aggregate the
sSm Of FIVE h..nGrSd thousand dollars, and
they stall rot Use or appropriate the pro-
leeds or the internal Improvement compa-
MES. or Of the State tax now levied or
which may hereafter he levied to pay OF
the d bic debt. - any other purpose until
the interest and dett are fully paid, or the
sinking fund shall be equal 10 the amount
of the outstanding debt; but the General
assembly may. without laying. a tax, bor-
row an amount never TO exceed fifty thou
sand dollars TO meet temporary deficiencies
In the treasury, aud may contract debts to
any amount that may be necessary for the
desense 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 aud to appropriate to the city
Ct Baltimore and tie several counties of
not otherwise appropriated, a SUM Of money
not exceeding foar hundred thousand dol
construction and maintenance OF public
roads aud highways under and In accord
ance with such REGULATIONS rs the General
Assembly may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION .. And be Il ftirtaer enacted By
the authority aforesaid. That the aforeg9-
ing section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution shall be. at the
next general election held In this State,
submitted 10 TIE le-sl and qualified voters
thereof fer their adoption or rejection, IN
pursuance of the directions contained Il
Article il OF the Constitution OF this Stas1,
and at tse said general election the vote
on sid proposed amendment to the Consti-
tlfticn STALL be by ballot and uDon each
ballet shall be printed the words: ''For
Constitutional Amen cnaut' ard against
Constitutl0-cl Amendment" IS row prs
scribed by law. AID ir,.,ediste.- after said
election DE retcru sssl be rcde to the
Governor OF the vote frr a-d aralnst said
proposed amendment, as directed by the
said fourteenth article Of the Constitution.
This Is to certify that this engrossed
document proroei-gsa A-ee~5-~ent 10 the
Constitution Of the State OF Maryland. the
crigsnal OF which wss pSssei " Tie ganata
by yeas ard nays, more than three-1iftas OF
all the members elected voting ia the Ell
6rmGtive, on Msrca >. 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES.
Prssidont Of the EeHafes
ROBERT MOSS,