Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-10-06
PROCLAMhTION!.

STITUTION OF MARYLAND CREATING
A BUDGET SYSTEM.
Whereas, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year 1915, an Act was passed, to-wit
Chapter 1853 of said Acts, being an Act to
propose an amendment to Section So Of
Article iii, title, Legislative Department,
of the Constitution of this State; and
which said Act is in words and figures
following
CHAPTER 159.
An Act to propose an amendment tC
Section So of Article iii, title, Legislative
Department. of the Constitution of thi.
State, regulating the making of apprOpria.
tons by the General Assembly of Mary.
land in regular session, and to provide fol
the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption
or rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland (three-fifths of al
the members of each of the two house.
concurring). That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section So Of Article iii, title Leesla
tive Department, of the Constitution o.
this State, the same, If adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, a:
herein provided, to become Section So o.
Article iii of the Constitution of Maryland
Sec. So. The General Assembly shall mol
appropriate any money out of the Treasury
except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Subsection A:
Every appropriation bill shall be eitheI
Budget Bill, or Supplementary Appro
priation Bill. as hereinafter mentioned.
Subsection B:
First. Within twenty days after the
converting of the General Assembly lex
cept in the case of a newly elected Gov.
ernor, and then within thirty days afteI
his inauguration). unless such time shall
be extended by the General Assembly fol
the session at which the Budget is to be
submitted. the Governor shall submit to
the General Assembly two budgets, one fol
each OF the ensuing fiscal years. Each
budget shall contain a complete plan Of
proposed expenditures and estimated reve-
nues for the particular fiscal year to which
it relates and shall show the estimated
surplus or deficit of revenues at the end OF
such year. Accompanying each budget
shall be a statement showing "a the
revenues and expenditures for each of the
two fiscal years next preceding (2) the
current assets, liabilities, reserves and sur
plus or deficit Of the State (3) the debts
and funds Of the State "a an estimate
OF the States financial condition as of the
beginning and end of each of the fisca
years covered by the two budgets above
provided; (5) any explanation the Gov.
ernor may desire to make as to the i'm.
portant features of any budget and any
suggestion as to methods for the reduc.
ton or increase of the States revenue.
Second. Each budget shall be divided
into two parts. and the first part shall be
designated Governmental Appropriations
and shall embrace an itemiZed estimate oil
the appropriations: ~ for the General As.
sembly as certified to the Governor in the
manner hereinafter provided (2) for the
Executive Department; (3) for the Judi
ciary Department. as provided by law, Ger
titled to the Governor by the Comptroller
(4) to pay and discharge the principal anC
interest Of the debt of the State of Mary.
land in conformity with Section "a of Ar.
tlcle Ill OF the Constitution, and all laws
enacted in pursuance thereof (5) for the
salaries payable by the State under the
Constitution and laws of the State; (6)
for the establishment and maintenance
throughout the State of a thorough anC
efficient system of public schools in con
fornity with Article VIII of the COnstitu
ton and with the laws Of the State; CT
for such other purposes as set forth in the
Constitution of the State.
Third. The second part shall be desg
mated General Appropriations" and shall
include all other estimates of appropria
tons.
The Governor shall deliver to the presid
ing officer of each house the budgets and
bill for all the proposed appropriations Of
the budgets clearly itemiZed and classified
and the presiding officer of each house
shall promptly cause said bill to be intro
duced therein, and such bill shall be known
as the Budget Bill" The Governor may
before final action thereon by the General
Assembly, amend or supplement either Of
said budgets to correct an oversight or in
case OF an emergency, with the consent Of
the General Assembly by delivering such
an amendment or supplement to the pre-.
siding officers of both houses; and suct
amendment or supplement shall there.
by become part Of said budget bill as an
addition to the items of said bill or as a
modification of or a substitute for an,
item of said bill such amendment or SUP.
plement may affect.
The General Assembly shall not amend
the budget bill so as to affect either the
obligations of the State under Section 81
of Article iii of the Constitution, or the pro.
visions made by the laws of the State fol-
the establishment and maintenance of q
system of public schools, or the payment
OF any salaries required to be paid by the
State of Maryland by the Constitution
thereof; and the General Assembly NAV
amend the bill by increasing or diminish
ing the items therein relating to the Gen.
eral Assembly. and by increasing the items
therein relating to the judiciary. but except
as hereinbefOre specified may not alter
the said bill except to strike out or reduce
items therein. provided, however, that the
salary or compensation of any public
officer shall not be decreased during his
term OF office; aud such bill when and as
passed by both houses shall be a law i'm.
mediately without further action by the
Governor
Fourth. The Governor and such repre-.
sentatives Of the executive departments
boards. officers and commissions of the
State expending OF applying for State
money. as have been designated by the
Governor for this purpose. shall have the
right, and when requested by either house
OF the Legislature, 1t shall be their duty 70
appear and be heard with respect TO any
budget bill during the consideration there.
OF, and to answer inquiries relative thereto
Subsection C; Supplementary Appropria.
ton Bills:
Neither house shall consider other an.
propriations until the Budget Bill has been
finally acted upon by both houses, and nc
such other appropriations shall be valid ex.
cept in accordance with the provisions fol-
lowing: ID Every such appropriation shall
be embodied in separate bill limited 10
some single work, object or purpose therein
stated and called herein Supplementary
Appropriation Bill (a) Each Supplement
tary Appropriation Bill shall provide the
revenue necessary to pay the appropriation
thereby made by tax. direct or indirect, to
be laid and collected as shall be directed in
said Bill l3) No Supplementary appro-
priation Bill shall become law unless il be
passed in each house by a vote of a major
lily OF the whole number of the members
elected and the yeas and NAYS recorded