The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-09-22
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary OF the Senate

Speaker of the House of Delegates.
BENJAMIN L. SMITH.
Chief Clerk.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 3
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTIoH /. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (thrcc-titthS OF all the
members Of the two Houses concurring)
That the following section DE and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution OF this State. and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
in provided. it shall supersede and stand in
The place and stead of Section + of article i
OF said Constitution.
contracted by the General Asaf mhiv unless
such debt shall he authorizes hS Il law pro-
viGiug for the collection Of au annual tax or
taxes sufficient 10 pay the interest on such
debt as it falls due and also to discharge the
principal thereof within fifteen years from the
time of contracting tn" same, and the taxes
laid for this purpose shall not he repealed or
applied TO any Other object until the said
debt and interest thereon shall nc fully dis
charged. The credit OF me state shall not in
any manner he given or loaned to, or in aid
of an individual, association or corporation :;
nor shall the General Assembly have the
power in any mode TO involve the State in
the construction of - orbs ofinternalimprOye-
mcnt nor in granting any aid thereto which
shall involve the faith or credit o! thc state ::
nor make any appropriation therefor. except
in aid of the cOnst ructiOn III works of internal
| improvement in the counties OF st Marv'S,
| Charles and Calvert, which had no dirccr adj
| vantage from such works as have been l,cFR
| tofore aided by the State; and provided that
such aid. advances or apprQpTiat ,Dus shall
| not exceed in the aggregate the sum of five
| hundred thousand dollars. and they shall not
use or appropriate the proceeds of the inter
| nal Improvement companies, or Of the State
| tax nov levied which NAV hereafter he
| levied to pay OFF the public debt. To any other
| purpose until the interest and debt are fully
| paid or the sinking fund shat! be cquaito the
| amount of the outstanding debt, but the
| General Assembly may, without LAYING tax,
| borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
| thousand dollars to meet temporary dcEcien'
| cicS in the treasury, and riaE contract debts
"a any amount that Glay be necessary cor the
defense of the State
| But nothing in this section orin this Consti
| tuition cont ajneu shall deprive the Genera
| Assembly Of the power 10 aUpurJiOu amOnESi
| and the scvC- al counties Of the state out %
| any funds in lie Treasury not otherwise a =
| uropriated a sum Of money not exceeding
| four hundred thousand dollars each year. Il
be eX pcndCd only in the construction anC
| maintenance OF public roads and nigh way
under and in accordance with such regula
tions al the General assembly may from time
to time prescribe.
the authority aforesaid That the aforegoi
section hereby proposed as amendment Il
| the Constitution shall be, at the next genera
election held in this State, submitted to tn
legal and qualified voters thereof for thei
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of TIN
directions contained in Article + OF the Con
| stitution of this State, and at the said genera
election the vote said proposed amend
| ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot
and upon each ballot shall be printed tn
words "For Constitutional Amendment
| and "A gainst Constitutional Amendment.
as now prescribed by law. and immediatel
after said election due returns shall be mad
| to the Governor OF the vote for and aEains
said proposed amendment as directed b.
: said fourteenth article of the Constitution.
= This is to certify that this engrossed doc