Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-08-11
PROCLAMATION!
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION OF MARYLAND CREATING
A BUDGET SYSTEM.


year 1916. an Act was passed. to-wit
Chapter 1853 of said Acts. being an Act to
propose an amendment to Section So of
Article Ill. title, Legislative Department.
of the Constitution of this State; and
which said Act is in words and figures
following
CHAPTER 1879.
! An Act TO propose an amendment to
Section So of Article iii, title, Legislative
! Department, of the Constitution of this
| State, regulating the making of appropria-
| tions by the General Assembly of Mary
land in regular session, and to provide for
| the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters Of this State for adoption
or rejection.
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland Chree-fifths of all
the members of each OF the two houses
cOncurring), That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
TO Section So Of Article iii, title Legisla-
tive Department, Of the Constitution of
this State, the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as
herein provided to become Section So of
Article iii Of the Constitution of Maryland
Sec. So. The General Assembly shall not
appropriate any money out of the Treasury
except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Subsection A:
Every appropriation bill shall be either
Budget Bill, or Supplementary Appro-
priation Bill as hereinafter mentioned,
Subsection b.
First. Within twenty days after the
converting of the General Assembly Eek
cept in the case OF a newly elected Gov
ernor, and then within thirty days after
I his inauguratlOn), unless such time shall
be extended by the General Assembly for
/ the session at which the Budget is to be
submitted, the Governor shall submit to
4 the General Assembly two budgets, one for
I 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 Cd 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 go the debts
and funds of the State (4) an estimate
of the States financial condition as of the
beginning and end Of each of the fiscal
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 o.
the appropriations: % for the General As
sembly as certified to the Governor in thu
manner hereinafter provided; (2) for thu
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 AM
interest of the debt Of the State of Mary
land in conformity with Section 81 of Ar
ticle iii of the Constitution, and all law
enacted in pursuance thereof (5) for tn
salaries payable by the State under tn
Constitution and laws of the State; (6
for the establishment and maintenance
throughout the State of thorough an
efficient system Of public schools in ccn
formity with Article VIII Of the Constitu
= ton and with the laws of the State; q
= for such other purposes as set forth in tn
Constitution of the State.
: Third. The second part shall be desil
mated General Appropriations" and sha
! include all other estimates of appropria
tons.
D The Governor shall deliver to the presiC
ing officer of each house the budgets an
. a bill for all the proposed appropriations {
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visions made by the laws of the State f
the establishment and maintenance of
system OF public schools, or the paymer
OF any salaries required to be paid by tn
state OF Maryland by the Constitutio
thereof ana the General Assembly ma
amend the bill by increasing or diminish
ing the items therein relating to the Gen
erai Assembly. and by increasing the item
therein relating to the judiciary, but exceI
as heIeln6efore specified may not alte
the said bill except to strike out or reduc
items therein, provided, however, that tn
salary or compensation of any publ
oihcer shall not be decreased during hi
! term OF Office; and such bill when and a
passed by both houses shall be law i'm
7 mediately without further action by tn
/ Governor.
T Fourth. The Governor and such repre-
. sentatives OF the executive department,
: boards, officers and commissions of tn
state expendins or applying for State
money, as have been designated by tn
r Governor for this purpose, shall have IN