Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-05
PROCLAMATION



a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
BY the General Assembly unless such debt
shall be authorized by law providing for the
collection Of an annual tax or taxes SUFFICIENT
20 pay the Interest on such debt as il falls
due. and also TO discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time of contract
ing the same; and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall not be repealed or applied to any
other object Until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged The credit
Of the State shall not in any manner be given
or loaned to, or in aid Of any individual asso.
cation or corporation; nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to in
volve the State in the construction q works
ot internal Improvement. nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith o.
credit Of the State; nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid Of the construction Of
works Of internal improvement in the counties
ot ST Mays Charles and Calvert. which have
had no direct advantage from such works as
have been heretofore aided by the State and
provided that such aid, advances or appropFia-
tons shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
of FIVE hundred thousand dollars And they
shall not use or appropriate The proceeds Of
the internal Improvement companies, or Of the
State tax, now levied, or which may hereafter
be levied, to pay off the public debt (or) to
any other purpose until the interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall. be
equal to the amount Of the outstanding debt I;
but the General Assembly may, without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary dehci.
eneies in the Treasury, and may contract debts
70 any amount that may be necessary for the
defence Of the State. And provided further
that nothing In this section shall be construed
10 prohibit the raising Of funds for the pur-
pose Of aiding OF eompensating in such manner
or way as the General Assembly Of the State
shall deem proper those citizens Of the State
who have served. with honor, their country
and State in time Of war. provided, however.
that such action Of the General Assembly shall
be effective only when submitted to and ap.
proved by vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next following ths
enactment Of such legislation
SIC. 2. 4nd be Il further snaeisd by the
authority aforesaid That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment 10
the Constitution, shall, at the next general
election for members Of Congress held in this
State, be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters Of the State for adoption or rejection,
IN pursuance of the directions contained in
Article ~ Of the Constitution Of this State,
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment 10 the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
there shall be printed the following synopsis
Of said amendment under the caption 0f Con
stiiuiiona Amendment Providing For Md Or
Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans" "
This amendment removes the prohibition now
In the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pedging its credit for the raising
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