Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-09-29
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT TO amend Section "a OF Article 3 of
the Constitution Of this State.

AN ACT to amend Section "a OF Article 3 Of
the Constitution Of this State.
Section |. Be il enacted BY the General
Assembly OF Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members Of the two Houses concurriug. \
That the following section be and the same
Is hereby proposed as an amendment TO the
Constitution Of this State, and II adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, II shall supersede and stan d
In the place and stead Of Section "a Of Arti-
Gle Of said Constitution.
Section "a. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly nnle "a
such debt shall be authorized by law pro-
viding for the collection Of an annual tax or
taxes sufficient to pay the interest on such
debt as II falls due, and also to discharge the
principal thereof within fifteen years from
the time Of contracting the same. and the
taxes laid for this purpose shall not be re-
pealed or applied TO any other object until the
said debt and interest thereon shall he fully
discharged. The credit OF the State shall
not IN any manner be given or loaned to, or
in aid OF any individual. association or cor
poration; nor shall the General Assembly
have the power In any mode to involve lh e
State IN the construction Of works OF inter
nal improvement, nor in granting any aid
thereto which shall involve the faith or cred
therefor, except in aid of the construction OF
works OF internal improvement IN the coun.
tie OF st. Mary's, Charles and Calvert, which
had no direct advantage from such works AS
have been heretofore aided by the State and
provided that such aid, advances or appro-
priations shall not exceed Ia the aggregate
the sum OF five hundred thousand dollars,
and they shall not use or appropriate the pro-
ceeds OF the internal Improvement companies
af fhR &taN "a L..
hereafter be levied TO pay off the public debt,
TO 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 but the General Assembly may, with
out laying tax, borrow an amount never 10
exceed fifty thousand dollars TO meet tempo
rary deficiencies in the treasury, aud 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 General
Assembly OF the power TO apporton amongst
and 10 appropriate TO the city OF B fillmore
and the several counties Of the State out OF
any funds In the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, sum Of money not exceeding
four hundred thousand dollars ea CHI year, to
be expended only In the construction aud
maintenance Of public roads and highways
under and Ia accordance with such reQuia-
tons As the General Assembly may from time
TO time prescribe.
Section 2. And be II further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoiug Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amen ment 10 the
Constitution shall be, at the next general
election held 10 this State, submitted to the.
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, In pursuance of the d.
rections contained In Article II OF the Con-
stitution Of this State, and al the said gen.
eral election the vote on said proposed amend.
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot. |
and upon each ballot shall be printed the |
words "For Constitutional Amendment |
and against Constitutional Amendm e1t,"
as now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due return shall be made
10 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 docu-
ment proposing an Amendment TO the Consti.
tuition OF the State OF Maryland, the original
VI which vas passed by the Senate by yeas
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