The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
10 Of Article I of the Constitution of the
United States.

~ OF Article OF tne CONSTITUTION OF tn6
United States.
Sub Section D: General Provisions:
First. II the Budget Bill shall not have
been finally acted upon by the Legislature
three days before the expiration of its reg
ular session, the Governor may, and it shall
be his duty to issue proclamation extend
ing the session for such further period as
may, in his Judgment, be necessary for the
passage of such Bill but no other matter
than such Bill shall be considered during
such extended section except provision for
the cost thereof.
Second. The Governor for the purpose Of
making up his budgets shall have the
power, and 1t shall be his duty, to require
from the proper State officials, including
herein all executive departments, all execr-
tive and administrative offices. bureaus,
boards, commissions and agencies expend-
ing supervising the expenditures of, and
all institutions applying for State moneys
and appropriations, such ftemized estimates
and other Information, in such form and at
such times as he shall direct. The esti
mates for the Legislative Department,
titled by the presiding officer of each house,
Of the Judiciary, as provided by law, GER
titled by the Comptroller, and for the pub
lie schools, provided by law, shall be
transmitted to the Governor in such form
and at such times as he shall direct, and
shall be included in the budget without
revision.
The Governor may provide for public
hearings oil estimates and may require
the attendance at such hearings Of repre-
sentatives of all agencies, and Of all insh
buttons applying for State moneys. After
such public hearings he may, in his dis
erection, revise all estimates except those
for the legislative and judiciary depart
msnta, and for the public schools a. pro-
vided by law.
Third. The Legislature may, from time
10 time, enact such laws, not inconsistent
with this Section, as may be necessary and
proper to carry out its provisions
Fourth. In the event of any Inconsistency
between any of the provisions Of this Sec
ton and any Of the other provisions Of the
Constitution, the provisions Of this Section
shall prevail. But nothing herein shall in
any manner affect the provisions of Section
81 of Article III of the Constitution or of
any laws heretofore or hereafter passed in
pursuance thereof or be construed as pre-
venting the Governor from calling extraor-
vided by Section 16 of Article II, or as pre-
venting the Legislature at such extraordi
nary sessions from considering any emer-
gency appropriation or appropriations.
If any item Of any appropriation bin
passed under the provisions Of this Section
shall be held invalid upon any ground, such
invalidity shall not affect the legality Of
the Bill or Of any, other item Of such Bill
or Bills.
Section 2 And be 1t enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall at the next ensu-
ing general election, being the Presidential
and Congressional election. to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of November nineteen hundred and six
teen, be submitted to the legal and quail
fed voters Of the State for their adoption
rejection in conformity with the drec-
lions contained in Article XIV of the Con-
stitudon Of this State, and at said election
the vote said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot. and
upon each ballot there shall be placed the
following synopsis of said amendment un-
der the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO
VIDING FOR A BUDGET
This amendment provides that the Cover
nor shall present to the Legislature soon
after it is convened a Budget giving COM
pete plan of proposed expenditures and
estimated revenues for the two succeeding
fiscal years showing clearly any surDasfs'
or deficit in State funds.s-In THESE estimates
he shall make provision for the interest and
sinking funds of all State debts, for all
salaries as fixed by law, and for the public
schools fixed by law. With regard to
most other matters he may revise the esti-
mates presented to him either by State
Officers or State aided institutions. The
Legislature may not increase the estimates
presented by the Governor or pass any
additional appropriation act except by a
majority vote and must make provision
by tax for such increase or additional ap-
preparation. The Legislature may not alter
in an appropriation act the provision made
by law for the State debt or for the ju-
dietary, but may reduce all other items in
the Governors estimates and the words
for the Constitutional Amendment and
against the Constitutional Amendment as
now provided by law, and Immediately aft
er said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
the proposed amendment, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with Article
XIV of the Constitution.
Approved March g. 1916"