The Democratic advocate., 1905-08-26
CHAPTER 81


An act 90 amrti Section 80 OF Article ut
tA, Cuu-'bui.au pt ihis State
Sperlov o. By q si,astei tg me G,aesI
iosra.l(g ~ Nass'IHf sbf-g lEihs vi s'i ihr
sartnbsfs os ihe tao iluus~s cuHcuruns p.
Thai the iuli0NIug section De- au8 Jhe -arur -
hereby proposed AZ ag alurudmtsi iu iHe
Consultation ot lhis State. aud d aiuI4r4 hy
ib, legal aud qualified voter, therv1i, %. herein
pruy,sird. i. shall sut,-rss-sir sud slau5 iu Tho
place aud stead OF Seciioa 20 6! AfttyIe 3 ui
said Constitution.
Sp-Yiox a. No drut sbai, tr hereafter
.4,-if4eted by the General As.rtab,y au'v,s
.t.a l-bl shall be authorized hy a ,as pro
,t4rs for she collection ai sa auuus! taN sr
N-- saligien, 90 pay 1hv interest on such
g. Is. Il falls due, zId also Co discharge the
.a as.slpal thereof within tfteen yrars from 'he
..- g.. contracting the same. and the taxes
.aii ier lbls purpose shall uul be- repealed ur
appljsi a. any other object unul 'hf ,aii debt
aua interest thereon ~hsi, hr iu,iy discharged.
IN. credit of the State shall not ln any nauner
o., gwen OF iuauri 20. or iu ai5 OF auy 5adi
yi,iual, association uT corporations nor shall
the General Assembly have The powrr "a Suy
mode 20 involve the State Iu thr construction
uf WORKS OF iuternal improvements, nor in
granting any aid thereto which shall involve
the faith or credit of the State, nor make any
appropriation therefor, except in sii Of the
construction OF works OF Internal improvement
10 the counties OF St Mary ;, Charles and
Calvert which bad $50 direct advantage from
such works as have beru heretofore aided by
the State; and provided thai such aid, advances
or appropriations shalt not exceed in the ~
greeate the sum Of five hundred thousand dol.
lars. and they shall not use ar appropriate lac
proceeds ui the internal Improvement comps
MES, or Of the State tax nov levied or which
may hereafter be levied 10 pay oil the public
debt, 10 any other purpose until the interest
aud debt are fully paid, or the sinking fund
shall be equal 10 the amount of the outstanding
debt: but the General Assembly may. without
laying tax. borrow AN amount never 20 eN.
ceed 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 ia this Con
siitution contained shall deprive the General
Assembly of the power TO apporuon amongst
and TO appropriate 10 the city of Baltimore aud
the several counties OF the State out OF any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priaied, sum of money not exceeding tonr
hundred thousand dollars each year, to he
expended only in the construction and main
tenauce of public roads and highways under
and in accordance with such regulations as
the General Assembly may from time to time
prescribe.
SEcrlox ,. And be ii further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid, That the aioregoing
section hereby proposed 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 di-
reclions contained in Article IA Of the Con
stitution of this State and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot shall be printed the words
''For Constitutional Amendment and
against Constitutional Amendment. AS
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.