Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-10

a.. No debt shall be hsteaiter contracted
~ the General Assembly unless such debt
shall be authorized By Law providing for the
collection of an annaai tax Or taxes sufficient
70 pay the interest on such debt as Il falls
|dne. and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time Of contract.
ing the sane: and the taxes laid for this pur.
pose shall not be repealed OF applied to any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fuiiy discharged. The credit
Of the State shall not IN any manner be given
or icarcd 70, or in aid Of any individual as-oa
eia;ion or corporation; nor shall the Geu
Assembly have the power in any mode 4 IN
Folve the State in the construction Of works
Of internal improvement. nor in granting sny
aid thereto which shall involve the faith or
efesnt Of the State. nor make any appropriation
therefor. except in aid OF the construction Of
works Of internal Improvement in the counties
q y Mary's. Charles and Calvert, which have
had ne direct advantage from such works as
have been heretofore aided BY the State; and
provided that such aid, advances or appropria-
tons shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
OF hyc hundred thousand dollars. And they
shall not use or appropriate the proceeds Of
the internal improvement companies, or Of the
State lax, now letied, OF which may hereafter
be levied, to ray Of the public debt (or) to
any other purpose until the interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall be
but the General Assembly may, without laying
tax, borrow an amount never TO exceed fifty
thousand dollars 10 meet temporary deici.
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 or compensating 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 ir time Of war; provided. however,
that suca action Of the General Assembly shall
be effective only when submitted 70 and ap.
proved By vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next following the
enactment Of such legislation.
SEC. 2. dni Be il further enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, That the said aforegoins
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall, at the next general
election for members Of Congress held In this
Site. be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters % the State for adoption or rejection.
IN pursuance Of the directions contained is
Article "A Of the Constitution Of this State,
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment TO the Constitu-
ton shall Be BY ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the following synopsis
Of said amendment under the caption Of "Con.
stitutonai Amendment Providing For Aid Or
/ Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans -
This amendment removes the prohibition now
4 In the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pledgng its credit for the raising
Of monies which could be used for the aid or
as adjusted Compensation to those citizens Of
the State who, with honor, served their couu-
| Try or State in time Of war; and upon each
ballot there shall also be printed the words
Tor the Constitutional Amendment and
| against the Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made 10 the
/ Governor OF the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendments. as directed BY said Four
teenth Article Of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved April 9. 1924.
Now. Therefore, I, Albert c. Ritchie, Gov
ernor Of the State Of MARYLAND, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section ! Of
Article "a Of the Constitution Of Maryland.
DO hereby order and direct that this procla-
nation containing full true and correct copy
! Of the text Of said Chapters III and 327 Of
the Acts Of the GeHeial Assembly Of Marylan
Of 1924 be published in at least two news
i papers in each of the counties Of the State
where so many may be published and where
not more than one may he published then in
that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
lshed in The City Of Baltimore, one OF which
shall be published in the German language,
once week for at least three months next
preceding the general election to be held in
the State Of Maryland on Tuesday the 4th day
/ Of November, 1929, al which election the said
proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be submitted IN form and manner prescribed BY
the General Assembly, to the legal and quali-
fed voters Of the State for their adoption OF
rejection.
/ Given under my hand and
] The Great the Great Seal Of the State
1 J Seal Of the Of Maryland Done al the
/ 4 State Of City Of Annapolis, this
! | Maryland. 18th day Of July nineteen
I hundred and twenty four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE.
By the Governor:
f. BROOKE LEE.
] Secretary Of Stat :.