The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-10-16

such as is may be allowed by law, he shall
on conviction thereof, be removed from office
provided, that the States Attorney for Balti.
more City shall have the power to appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su-
preTne Bench of Baltimore City may author
iZe or approve and until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly, the said States Attor-
ney, Deputy and Assistants shall receive the
following annual salaries: States Attorney,
seven thousand five hundred dollars; Deputy
States Attorney, five thousand collars Asss-
tant States Attorneys. four thousand dollars
each said salaries or such salaries as the
General Assembly may subsequently provide
and such expense for conducting the office of
the States Attorney as the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City may authorize approve shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Bal
timore to the extent that the total of them ex-
ceeds the fees of his Office, or as the General
Assemble shall otherwise provide, and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not
be liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall at the next ensuing
general election for members of Congress, to
be held in this State on the Tuesday next af-
ter the first Monday of November, thou
sand nine hundred and twenty-four, be sub
mtted to the legal and qualified voters of the
State for their adoption rejection in con-
formity with the directions contained in Ar
ticle XIV of the Constitution of this State,
and at the said election the vote on the said
proposed amendment to the constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now provided by law, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against saio proposed amendment and
further proceedings had in accordance with
Article IA of the Constitution.
Approved April 9, 1924.
CuADTEr
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
"a of Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland title Legislative De-
partment," for the purpose of permitting
the State to pledge its credit for the rails
ing of such funds may be needed for the
aid compensation of those citizens of the
State who during the time of war have,
with honor. served their country and State.
and providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section "a of Article of the Constitution of
Maryland title Legislative Department" the
same if adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State, as herein provided, to become
Section "a of Article of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland
81. 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
to pay the interest such debt it falls
Que and also to discharge the principal there
of within fifteen years from the time of con-
tracing the same; and the taxes laid for this
purpose shall be repealed 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 CIV
loaned to, in aid of any individual
association corporation; nor shall the Cen
eral Assembly have the power in any mode to
involve the State in the construction of works
of internal improvement, in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith or
credit of the State; make any appropria-
ton therefor, except in aid of the construc-
ton of works of internal improvement in the
counties of st. Mary's, 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
appropriations shall not exceed in the
aggregate the of five hundred thousand
dollars. And they shall not use appropri-
ate the proceeds of the internal improvement
companies, of the State tax, levied, or
which may hereafter be levied, to pay off the
public debt tori 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 but the General Assem-
bly, may, without laying a tax. borrow an
amount never to exceed fifty thousand dollars