Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

~. 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 suiheient
70 pay the Interest on such debt as i iahs
due, ard 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pose shall not be repealed OF applied 20 any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged. The otedit
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 70 IN
volye the State In the construction of works
Of internal Improvement. nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith OF
credit OF the State; nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid Of the construction 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 tha, such and. advances or appropria-
tons shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
of Eve 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 tor) 70
any other purpose until the interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall Be
equal 10 the amount Of the outstanding debt,
but the General Assembly may, without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed nifty
Q
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 compromising 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 the
enaetu.ent Of such legislation.
SIC. 2. AHd Be ii further enaeieS By the
authority afoyssaid That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
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 "a Of the Constitution Of this State.
ard al sthe said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the COnstitu-
fion shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
there shall be printed the following synopsis
Of said amendment under the caption Of "Cou-
stituiionai Amendment Providing For Aid Or
Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
his amendment removes the prohibition now
/ ln the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pledging its credit for the raising
of monies which could be used for the aid OF
as adjusted compensation to those citizens OF
The State who, with honor. served their coun-
l try or State in time Of war; and upou each
/ ballot there shall also 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 said pro-
posed amendment, 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. Riiehie. Gov
ernor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section I Of
/ Article II Of the Constitution Of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that this procla-
nation continuing full, true and correct copy
Of the text Of said Chapters 177 and 327 Of
the Acts Of the General Assembly Of Maryland
Of 1924, be published in at least two news
papers in each Of the counties Of the State
where SO many may be published and where
not more than one may be published then in
that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
lished in the City Of Baltimore, one Of which
SHALL be published in the German language,
! once a 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, 1924, at 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 quail
fed voters Of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
| Given under my hand and
| Tho 7reat the Great Seal Of the State
/ ] Seal ne Of Maryland. Done at the
| I Statet Of City Of Annapolis, this
Maryland i5th day Of July, nineteen
! y hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE,
By the Governor
E. BROOKE LEE,
] Secretary Of Stat