The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-10-06
"cHAPTER 1859.

"CHAPTER log.
AN ACT to propose an amendment 70
sectIon 52 OF Article III. Me. Leg s!a'
tive Department, Of the Constitution OF
this State, regulating tie making OF ap-
propriations Dy The GeneIai Assembly
of Maryland In regular sesslon. ahd 10
provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
this State for adoption d. Election.
Section I. BE IL enacted b. tue Cen
eraI Assembly of Mar land tthfee-h.th s
of all the members OF each VI tue Two
houses concurringJ, THAT the TO- owing
b, and ,hs same ID hciuDy piopusSi 'ts
an amendment to Section ~ of Arliele
Ill. title. Legislative Department, OF the
Constitution OF this Stute, the same, u
adopted by the legally qunlihed voters
OF the State, AZ herein provided, TO Do
come Section 81 OF Article III OF tue
Constitution OF Maryiu"d.
Sec. g.. The General Assembly shaii not
appropriate any money out OF Tue Treas
ury except In accordance with the ioi-
lowing etovisiohs:
Subsection A:
Every appropriation bill shall b. Either
q Budget DilI. or Supplementary Appio-
prfatlon Bill as hereinafter mehtiohso'
Subsection u:
First. Within twenty days after the
conyening of the General Assr mb'y tex
cant In the case OF IL newly elected Low
ernor. and then within thirty days AFTER
his inaugural lon). unless such .iIn Az
he extended ny the General Assembly
for the session ut which tho Budget Is
10 be submitted. the Goyern,r sal SUD
NIT to the General Assembly two budgets
one for each OF the ensuing fiscal years
Each budget shall contain complete
plan OF proposed expenditures anu esti-
mated revenues for the particiut hScai
ysnr 10 which II relates. and shall show
the esllmu ted surplus or deficit Of rove
uues at the end OF such year. Accom-
panylng each budget shall De state
Inent showing: ~ the revenues uno e2-
penditures for euch OF the two hscal
years next preceding; ~ the chireht
assets, liabilities. reserves anu ~ US "
deficit OF tho state; t3J the debts anu
funds OF the state. ~ an estimate OF the
States financial condition as OF TIE De-
ginning and end OF each OF the nscal
years covered by the two budgets above
proyided: (6) any explanation the lover
nor may desire to make AZ to the Inn
pertant features Of any budget and any
sugRestion as to methods for the roduc-
lion or increase OF the States revenue.
aeoopd. Each budget shall be divided
into two parts, and tho nrst part shall
b designated Governmental Appropria-
tons and shall embrace an itemixed
estimate of the appropriations; " Tor
the General Assembly as certified to the
Governor In the manner hereinafter pro-
vidsa; a for the Executive Department;
az for tho Judiciary Department. as pro-
yided by law, certified to the Governor
by the Comptroller; % to pay and dis
charge the principal and interest OF the
debt OF the State OF Maryland In confor-
nifty with section "a OF Article III OF the
Constitution. and all laws enacted In
pursuance thereof: 6) for the salaries
payable by the State under the Constitu-
ton and laws of the State; 90 for the es-
Establishment and maintenance thu on bout
the State OF u thorough and efficient sys-
TEN of public schools In conformity with
Article VIII o. the Constitut on and with
the laws OF the State; ID for such other
purposes as are set forth In the COnsti-
tuition Of the State.
Third: The second part shall be desig-
natcd General Appropriations" and
shall include all other estimates of APP
propriations.
The Governor shall deliver to the pre-
siding officer of eNch house the b dgets
and bill for all the proposed appfopria-
lions OF the budgets clearly itsmized and
classified; and the presiding officer OF
zach house shall promptly cause said
bill to be introduced 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
aunarnanpy with tho cnnaant nf tho Gan.
sral Assembly by delivering such an
amendment or supplement to the pre-
siding officers OF both houses; and such
amendment or supplement shall the ebI
become a part of said budget bill as an
addition to the items of said bill or a,
q modification of OF a substitute for an
item OF said bill such amendment or sup
element may AFFECT
The General Assembly shall not amen
the budget bill so rs to affect either the
obligations OF the State under Section
"a Of Article Ill of the Constitution, OF
the provisions made by tho laws OF the
State for the establishment and main
tenance of system OF public schools, OF
the payment of any salaries required t.
be paid by the State OF Maryland by the
Constitution thereof; and the General
Assembly may amend the bill by increas-
Ing or diminishing the items therein re.
iating to the General Assembly, and by
increasing the items therein relating TO
the judiciary, but except, as hercinbetore
specified. may not alter the said bill ex.
cept 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 of
nee; and such bill when and as passed
by both houses shall be q law lmmedi
ately without further action by the Gov
ernor.
Fourth. The Governor and such repre-
sentatives OF the executive departments
boards, officers and commissions OF the
State expending or supplying for States
money. as have been designated by the
Governor for this purpose, shall have
the right. and whom requested by either
house of the Legislature, II shall be their
duty to appear and be heard with re-
spect to any budget bill duFiAg the con-
sideration thereof, and to answper In.
auiries relative thereto.
Subsection c; Supplementary Approprl.
alton Bills:
Neither house shall consider other ap-
preparations until the Budget Bill has
been finally acted upon by both houses
and no such other appropriation shall, be
valid except In accordance with the pro
visions following; I'D Every such appro.
priation shall be embodied In a separate
bill limited to some single work, object
Or purpose therein stated and called
herein Supplementary Appropriation
BIZ: (a) Each Supplementary Approprla.
ton Bill shall provide the revenue neces.
sary to pay the appropriation thereby
made by tax, direct or indirect, to he
laid and collected as shall be directed
IN said Bill: ca No Supplementary Ar.
propriation Bill shall become a law ui.
less It be passed In each house by q vote
81 q majority Of the whole number Of
ths members elected: and the yeas and
nAys recorded on Its nnal passage; "a
zach Supplementary Appropriation Bill
shall be presented to the Governor of the
State as provided In Section II of Article
ii OF the Constitution and thereafter all
the provisions OF said Section shall ap.
ply.
Nothing In this amendment shall be
construed as preventing the Legislature
from passing at any time In accordance
with the provisions of Section Is OF Arti.
Gle Ill OF the Constitution and subject 10
the Governors mower of approval "a pro.