The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-09-16
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AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article Of the
Constitution of this State. A
SECTIoN |. Be 1t enacted 6v the General assembly
or Maryland, three ifJhs of all the members of
the two Houses c0ncurring). That the following
section be 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 herein provided, it shall supersede
and stand IN the place and stead of Section "a of
Article of said Constitution.
SECTION "a. No debt shall be hereafter con-
tracted by the General Assembly unless such
debt shall be authorized by a law providing for
the collection of annual tax or taxes sufficient
to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due,
and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time of contrac-
ting the same. and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall not be repealed or applied to any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged The credit of
tine state snail 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 construction of works of internal i'm
prOVement. nor in granting any aid thereto
which shall involve the faith or credit of the
state; nor make any appropriation therefor,
except in aid of the construction of works of in
ternal Improvement in the counties of st.
Marys, Charles and Calvert. which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been here
tofore aided by the State; and provided that
such aid, advances or appropriations shall not
exceed In the aggregate the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars. and they shall not use or ap-
propriate the proceeds of the internal improve
ment companies, or of the State tax now levied
or which may hereafter be levied to pay off the
public debt, to any other purpose until the in
terest and debt are fully paid, or the sinking
fund shall be equal to the amount of the out
standing debt; but the General Assembly may,
to exceed fifty thousand dollars to meet tempo
rary deficiencies in the treasury, and may con-
tract debts to any amount that may be necessa-
ry for che defense of the State.
But othing in this section or in this Constitu-
ton contained shall deprive the General AS
sembly Of the power to apportion amongst and
4 n a n ffrnnr onAf aa
several counties of the State out of any funds
In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a
thousand dollars each year, to be expended only
In the construction and maintenance Of public
roads and highways under and in accordance
with such regulations as the General Assembly
may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION 2. And be IL further enacted By the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be, at the next general election
held in this State. submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance Of the directions con-
tained In Article il Of the Constitution Of this
State, and at the said general election the vote
on said proposed amendment to the Constitution
printed the words: "For Constitutional Anne d.
ment" and Against Constitutional Amend
ment," as now prescribed by law, and immedi-
ately after said election due 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 an Amendment to the Constitution Of
the State of Maryland the original of which was
than three-ffths of ali the members elected
voting in the affirmative; on March 2 1901;
SPENCER C. JONES.
President Of the Senate
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary Of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed document
proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
passed by the House of Delegates by yeas and
nays. more than three fifths Of all the members
elected voting in the affirmative. on March 10,
1904 GEORGE Y. EvEhHART.
Speaker 81 the House Of Delegates.
BENJAMIN L. SMITH.
CHER Czerk.
Now. THEREFORE,, 1. Edwin WAKEFIELD. Gov
ernor Of the State of Maryland, in pursuance of
the provisions of Section of Article "A of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland. and Of
the mandate of the Court of Appeals of the
State Of Maryland, do hereby order and direct
that copy of each of said bills proposing said
amendments to said Articles and of the Con-
stitution of the State be published in at least
two newspapers In each of the counties Of the
State, where so many may be published, and in
any county where not more than one newspa-
per may be published, then in that newspaper,
more, one of which shall be in the German Ian
guage. once a week for at least three months
preceding the next general election, which said
election will be held on the 18th day of Novem-
Der. 1905. at which election the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted, in the form
and manner prescribed by the General Assem-
bly,. to the legal and qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection.
.''...'.'''''''''''. Given under my hand and
TIE GREAT /: the Great Seal of the State of
SEAL OF /: Maryland, at the City of An
MARYLAND napolis, this 9th day of July,
:......... ........ 1905.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD.
Governor of Maryland.
OSWALD TILGHMAN,
Aug. 5-1Stl Secretary Of State.
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