Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-10-21
Speaker of the House of Delegate



AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 3 of
the Constitution of this State
SECTION l. BE it cntctcd 10y the General As
S"mhlN of Maryland three hiths of all the
members of the two Houses cuncurringl That
the following section he ana the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
ul tins state, and If adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, Us herein provided. il
shall SupcrScdc and stand in the place and stead
OF Section ~ OF Article of said Constitution.
SECTION 81. No debt shall hc hereafter con
tractCd 10y the General Assembly unless such
debt shall hc authorized 10y a law providing for
the collection of an annual taN or taxes suiiic-
l"nt 10 pay the interest ON such debt as il falls
due, and also To discharge the principal thereof
within hlt"cn years from the time of contract
ing the same, and the taxes laid for this pur
pose shall not he repealed or applied To any
other Ohicct until the said debt and interest
thereon >htll h" fully discharged, The credit
Oi the state shall not in any manner hr given
or loaned to, or in aid OF any iyidual, asSOci-
alton or corporation nor shall the General As
S"mhly have the power in any mode to involve
iht state IN the construction OF works OF inter
nal Improvement, nor i'll granting amy aid
thereto which shall involve the faith or credit
oi the state: nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid of the construction
OF works ot internal Improvement in the
counties of St. Mary :. Charles and Calvert,
which had no direct adv vantage from such works
aS have been heretofore aided 10y the state and
provided that such aid, advances orapprupria
tonS shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
of tive hundred thousand dollars. and they shall
not use or appropriate the proceeds of the in
t"rnal Improvement companies, or of the state
taN now levied or which may hereafter he lev
led to pay oil the public debt, to any other
purpose until the interest and debt are fully
paid, or the sinking fund shall Ice equal to the
amount of the outStandin" debt ; but the Gen
ctal Assembly may, without laying il tax bOr-
row an amount never to exceed nifty Thousand
dollars to meet temporary deficiencies in the
treasury, and may contract debts to any
amount that may he necessary for the defense
of the State.
But nothing in this section or in this Consti-
tuition contained shall deprive the General As
Scmhly of the power To appOrtiOn amongst and
to appropriate to the city of Baltimore and the
several counties of the State ont of any funds
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
sum of money not exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars each year, to hc expended
only in the construction and maintenance of
public roads and highways undcrand in accord
anCC with such regulations as the General As
Scmhly may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION = And he il further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforcgOng sec
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the
constitution shall he, AT the next general elrc-
tion 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
| TINS State and at the said general election the
| vote ON said proposed amendment to the Con
| Stltution shall he by ballot and upon each hal
! lot shall he printed the words, For Consttu
| tlonal Amcudmcnt,' and against COnSti-
| tutlunal Amendment as now p Cscribcd by
/ law and immediately after said election duo
return shall ho made to the Governor of tho
| yotc for and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said fourteenth Article Of
| the Constitution,
This is tn certify That this cngrusscd ducu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the ConSti.
tuition of the State of Maryland. the original
of which was passed 10y the Senate 10y yeas and
nays, more than three hfths af all the members
elected voting in the Affirmative, ON March 2,
1904.
SPENCERC &. JONES,
President of the Senate.
RoIIEuT Moss