The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-08-10
CHAPTER y.

AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article of
the Constitution of the State.
SECTION !. BE il enacted bU tbc Geaeim As
| SeHtbty Of MoiU5oHd (three-tifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurringl
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the 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 Arti-
Gle of said Const tuition.
SECTION 81. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by law pro-
viding for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the interest OH
such debt as it falls due, and also to dis
charge the principal 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be repealed or applied to any other object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 be fully discharged. The credit of the
state SHAH not in any manner be given or
loaned to. or in aid of any individual. asso-
citation or corporation: nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to
involve sthe State in the construction of
works of internal Improvements nor i'm
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 internal inn
proVement III the counties of ST. Marys,
Charles and Calvert, which had no direct
advantage from such works as have been
heretofore aided by the State: and provided
that such ala, advances or appropriations
shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of
five hundred thousand dollars. and they
shall not use Inappropriate the proceeds of
Une INTERNAL Improvement companies or of
the State tax now levied or which NAV here
after be levied to pay off the public debt to
any other purpose until tAc interest and
debt are fully paid or the sinking fund shall
be equal to the amount of the outstanding
debt; but the General Assembly NAV. with
out laying tax, borrow an amount never
to exceed fifty thousand dollars TO meet
temporary deficiencies in the 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 Gen
eral Assembly of the power to apportion
amongst ana to appropriate to the city of
Baltimore and the several counties of the
state out OF any funds in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, sum of money not
exceeding four hundred thousand dollars
each year, to be expended only in the con
struction and maintenance Of public roads
and highways under and in accordance
with such regulations as the General Assem-
bly, may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION 2. and be il further enacted by UJe
authority gtoreSdid, That the aforegolng sec
| ton hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution shall be, at the next general
| election held nthis State. submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the
| directions contained in Article IA of the Con-
Stltutlon or this State, and at the said gen
| eral election sthe vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot shall be printed
| the words: For Constitutional Amend
ment'' and Against Constitutional Amend
ment," as now prescribed by law, and i'm
medlately after said election due return
shall be made to the Governor of the votes
for and against said proposed amendment.
as directed by the said fourteenth article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrOssed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Com
stitut1on OF the State of Maryland the origi-
nal of which was passed by the Senate by
yeas and nays. more than three fiiths of all
the members elected voting in the afrirma-