Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-17
in the place and stead of Section "a of Article
3 of said Constitution.

3 OF said Constitution.
SECTION 81. No debt shall be hereafter con-
tracted by the General Assembly unless such
debt shall be authorized by q law providing
for the collection ofan annual tax or taxes
sufiiGieat to pay the interest on such debt as
pal thereof within fifteen 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laid for this purpose shall not be repealed or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 thereon shall bc fully dis
charged. The credit the State shall not in
any manner be given or loaned to, or In aid
nor shall the General Assembly have the
power in any mode to involve the State in
the construction of works of internal I'M
prOvement nor OF granting any aid thereto
which shall involve the faith or credit of the
state; nor make any appropriation therefore,
except In aid of the construction of works OF
Internal Improvement in the counties OF
st. Marys, Charles and Calvert, which had
no direct advantage from such works az have
been heretofore aided by the State; and pro-
Vided that suck aid, advances or sppropri-
ations shall not exceed in the aggregate the
sum Offive hundred Thousand dollars, and
they shall not use or appropriate the pro-
ceeds of the internal improvement compa-
may hereafter be levied 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 outstan-
ding debt; but the General Assembly may,
without laying tax, borrow an amount
never to exceed fifty Thousand dollars to
meet temporary deficlencieS IN 1flc 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 Con-
stitution contained shall deprive the General
Assembly ofthe power tn apportton 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, n sum Of money not exceeding
four hundred thousand dollars each year, To
be expended only IN the construction and
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 Q. And be d f1rthcr enacted bv
The amhoity aforeSnid. That the aforegotng
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be, at the next gen
eral election held in this state, submitted to
the legal and qualified otcrSth"rcot iortheir
adoption or rCieCtiOn, in pursuance OF he d.
rectiOns contained in Article II OF the Constr.
tion of tins State, and at the SAID general
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall he by ballot.
and upon each ballot shall DE printed the
words: "For Constitutional Amendment"
and against Constitutional Amendments ~
as now prescribed by law, and immediately
after said election due return shall he made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed by
said fourteenth article of the Constitution.
This is to certify that this ongroSscd docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con-
sttution of the state of Maryland, the orlgl-
nal of which was passed BY the Senate by
yeas and nays, more than threo'tlths of all
the members elected voting in the affirm
ative, on March 2, 1901
SPENCER G. JONES,
PreSideut ofthC Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrosscd docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution of the State Oi Mary.
Land the ORIGINAL Of which WIS nassod by the