The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-08-05
CHAPTER 81

An ACT 90 amend section "a 81 Ariieir Of
the Consultation 81 thrs State
srfrlus !. n, & saaefri by ~ Gras~al
4tfcwblg ~ Rdryi.Esd three hiths 81 ail the
members 81 the I~a uuu~-s coneayringl,
That ii. faflasiur section be aad the same -
hereby proposed as aa amendment 60 the
Consultations 81 lhls Stale, aqi 4 adopted hy
ibr srEai And quAAh-ti VOTERS thereof. - hprrin
provided d sh,i sgpeysesi- And stand in The
place Ass4 stead 81 ~-s,loU q 1T Article Of
saii Cou<iusis1n.
Sn-rinx a. No debt shall BE- hereafter
-nztractel by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall hr authorized by law pro-
yidink t5r the collection % an annual tax or
taxes .ulhsicuy lo pay the interest on such
debt - It fail. due, ard al-n 10 discharge the
principal thereof s,lhlg fifteen years from the
time u3 contracting the same, and the taxes
laid iar ihts paryose shall no, b. repealed or
applied l0 any other object HHtil the SAID debt
aud Interest thereon shall be- fully discharged.
Ih, credit lt the STATE shall not ia any manner
BE- given or loaned "a, OF IN sid ot any ludi-
yliual. association ur edrpuratloui nor shall
the General Assembly have the poser IA say
node a. involve the State ia the construction
Of works OF internal improvement. nor IA
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
the faith or credit OF the Stale; nor make auy
appropriation therefor. except va and 81 The
construction OF works Of internal Improvement
IN the counties OF ~. Mays, Charles aud
Calvert. which had no direct advantage from
such works A. have been heretofore aided by
the State. and provided that such aid, advances
or appropriations shall not exceed in the az
gregals the sum Of i've hundred thousand dol
iars aud they shall not Use or appropriate the
proceeds OF the internal improvement cOmpa-
MES, or of the State tax now levied or which
may hereafter be levied 10 pay of the public
debt, 10 any other purpose until the interest
and debt are fully paid. or the sinking fund
shall be equal To the amount of the outstanding
debt: bat the General Assembly may. without
LAYING tax. borrow an amount never 10 eN.
coed hity thousand dollars 70 meet temporary
deficiencies ia the treasury, and may contract
debts 10 any amount that may be necessary
for the defense Of the State.
But nothing IA this section or IN this Con
stitution contained shall deprive the General
Assembly Of the power to apporiion amongst
and TO appropriate to the city Of Baltimore and
the several counties OF the Slate out of any
funds la the Treasury not otherwise appro-
uriated, sum Of money not exceeding four
hundred thousand dollars each year, 10 be
expeuded only in the construction and main
,enance Of public roads aud highways under
and in accordance with such regulations as
the General Assembly may from time to time
prescribe.
SECTION ,. And be Il further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegong
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution 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 d.
rectious contained in Article IA of the Cou-
stuIion of this State. aud at the said general
election the vote Gu said proposed amendment
TO the Constitution shall be 10y ballot, and
upon each ballot shall be printed the words
s'For Constitutional Amendment and
Against Constitutional Amendment rs
now prescribed by law. and Immediately after
said election due return shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by the said
fourteenth article of the Constitution.
This is to certify that this eugroSsed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Maryland, the original
of which was passed by the Senate by yeas
and nays, more than three tifths of all the
members elected voting in the affirmative. on
March ,, 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary Of the Senate.