The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-10-06
SpClNtr OF INC HOUSE OF JcIl
BENJAMIN l.. SMITH,

III
AN ACT to amend Section 81 OF Article .
OF the Constitution Of this State.
SECTIOE /. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland (thrcc-iitthS of all the
members Of the two Houses concurring,)
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to tine
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
of said Constitution.
SECTION ~ No debt shall he hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly unless
such debt shall be authorized by a law pro-
vidinG for the collection of an annual tax or
taxes sufficient to pay the interest on such
debt it 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laid for this purpose shall not he repealed or
applied to any other object until the said
debt and interest thereon shall be fully dis
charged The credit of the State shall not in
any manner he given or loaned to, or in aid
of AN indiV iduai. association or corporation;
nor shall the General Assembly have the
power in any mode to involve the State i'll
the construction of works Ofintcrnal improve
mcnt 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 internal
Improvement i'll the counties of St. Mary :,
Charles and Calvert. which had no direct adj
vantage from such works as have been here
tOiOre 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
appropriate the proceeds of the inter
nal Improvement com panies or of the State
tax now levied or which may hereafter he
levied to pay of the public debt. to any other
purpose until the interest and debt are fully
paid, the sinking fund shall be equal to the
amount OF the outstanding debt: but the
General Assembly may. without laying a tax.
borrow an amount never TO exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary deticen-
cicS in the treasury, and may contract debts
20 any amount that may benccessary for the
defense OF the State.
But nothing in this section or in this ConSti-
| tuition cont aimed shall deprive the General
| Assembly of the power to apportiou amongst
and to appropriate to the city of Baltimore
and the several counties of the State out OF
| any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
| propriated, a sum of moEcy not exceeding
| four hundred thousand dollars each year, to
| be expended only in the construction and
| maintenance OF public roads and highways
| under and in accordance with such regula-
| tions as the General Assembly may from time
| to time prescribe.
| the authority aforesaid That the aforcgoiHg
| section hereby proposed as 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 rejection. in pursuance of the
| directions contained in Article "A of the Con
Stitution of this State, and at the said general
| 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 "A gainst Constitutional Amendment.
| rs now prescribed by law. and Immediately
| after said election due returns shall he made
| to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, directed by
| said fourteenth article of the Constitution.
| This is to certify that this cngrosSed docu
| ment proposing an Amendment to the Con
| stitution of the State OF Maryland the oriSi
| nal of which passed by the Senate by
yeas and nays. more than three tifthS of all
| the members elected voting in the affirmative
SPENCER c JONES.
President of the Senate.
| ROBERT MOSS.