The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03

Approved March II, 1915
AND. WHEREAS. Section l of the above
recited Act requires that the Governor Of
the Stale shall give notice by publication
in two newspapers published in each of
the political units designated in said Act
and If only one newspaper be published
in Sich f'-'iti"al unit then in that newSpa-
per. ana if no newspaper be published in
any such political unit then in newspaper
published in the county IN which such po-
, litca unit is located; and in three news
papers published in the city OF Baltimore
one of which shall be printed In the Ger
man language:
USED AMENDMENT TO TIT com
STITUTI0N OF MARYLAND GREAT
ING y BUDGET SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, at the January Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year 1916. an Act was passed to wit
Chapter 159 of said Acts. being an Act to
propose an amendment to Section - of
Article III, title, Legislative Department"
of the Constitution of this State; and which
said Act is in words and figures following
"CHAPTER I59.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton - of Article III, title, Legislative
Department, of the Constitution Of this
State. regulating the making of appro-
priatiOns by the General Assembly of
Maryland in regular session, and to pro-
vide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three- ffths of all
the members of each of the two houses con-
curring), That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section 80 of Article III, title Legislative
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 80 of Article
III of the Constitution of Maryland.
Sec. -. The General Assembly shall not
appropriate any money out Of the Treasury
except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Sub Section A.
Every appropriation bill shall be either
| a Budget Bill, or Supplementary Appro-
| priation Bill, as hereinafter mentioned.
Sub Section b:
First. Within twenty days after the con-
vening of the General Assembly Except In
| the case of a newly elected Governor, and
| then within thirty days after his Inaugural
| tom, 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 the General As
| sembly two budgets, one for each Of the en-
| suing fiscal years. Each budget shall con-
| tain a complete plan of proposed expendi-
| lures and estimated revenues for the par
| ticular fiscal year to which it relates; and
shall show the estimated surplus or deficit
| of revenues at the end of such year. Ac
| companying each budget shall be a state
ment showing: (D the revenues and sx
| penditures for each of the two fiscal years
next preceding: (2) the current assets, liza
btlities, reserves and surplus or deficit Of
| the State; (3) the debts and funds of the
| State; az estimate Of the States fnan-
| cial condition rs Of the beginning and end
| Of each Of the fiscal years covered by the
| two budgets above provided; 90 any eX-
PLANTATION the Governor may desire to make
| as to the important features of any budget
and any suggestion as to methods for the
| reduction or increase of the States revenue
Second. Each budget shall be divided into
| two parts, and the first part shall be desig
mated Governmental Appropriations" and
| shall embrace Ru itemized estimate Of the
| appropriations: ~ for the General AS
| sembly rs certified to the Governor in the
manner hereinafter provided; ~ for the
| Executive Department; 80 for the Judici
| airy Department, as provided by law, certi-
| fed to the Governor by the Comptroller |;
| a. to pay and discharge the principal-and
| interest of the debt of the :t3lI..s~of Mary
| land in conformity w;shssection 81 Of Ar
ticle III of the Constitution, and all laws
| enacted in~pQrsuance thereof; 90 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 and
efficient system of public schools in con-
| formity with Article VIII Of the Consti-
tuition and with the laws Of the State; "a
for such either purposes as are set forth
in the Constitution of the State.
Third. The second part shall be desig-
mated General Appropriations" and shall
include all other estimates Of appropria-
lions.
The Governor shall deliver to the presid-
ing officer of each house the budgets and a
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 introduced
therein and such bill shall be known as the
Budget Bill" The Governor may, before
Anal action thereon by the General Assem-
bly,, 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 presiding
officers of both houses; and such amend
ment or supplement shall thereby become
a part of said budget bill as an addition
to the items of said bill or as a mod1.
6oation Of or a substitute for any item
of said bill such amendment or supplement
may affect.
The General Assembly shall not amend
the budget bill so as to affect either the OBJ
legations of the State under Section "a of
Article III Of the Constitution, or the pro-
visions made by the laws of the State for
the establishment and maintenance Of a
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 may
amend the bill by increasing or diminish
ing the items therein relating to the Cen
eral Assembly, and by increasing the items
therein relating to the judiciary, but ex-
cept 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; and such bill when and as passed
by both houses shall be a law Immediately
without further action by the Governor.
Fourth. Toe Governor and such repre-
sentatives of the executive departments
boards, officers and commissions of the
State expanding or supplying for States
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
to appear and be heard with respect to any
budget bin during the consideration there
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