Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

a.. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
BY the General Assembly unless such dela
shah be authorized By a law providing Tor The
collection Of an annual tax OF taxes sufficient
% pay me Interest on such debt as il falls
due aud also to discharge The principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time Of contract
tng the same. and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall moi Be repealed OF applied to any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully DISCHARGED The credit
Of the State shall mol IN any manner he given
o loaned to, or in aid Of any individual asso
etaiion o. corporation; nor shall The General
Assembly have the power IA any mode to in
Foise the state IN the construction q works
o internal Improvement, nor in granting any
aid thereto which shan involve the faith o.
credit Of The State nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid Of the construction Of
works q 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 or appropria-
lions shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
Of hve hundred thousand dollars. And they
shall not use or appropriate the proceeds OF
The internal Improvement companies, OF Of the
State tax, now levied. or which may hereafter
be LEVIED 10 pay Of the public debt (or) TO
any other purpose Until The interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall be
equal 70 the amount Of the outstanding debt;
but the General Assembly may, without laying
tax. borrow an amount never to exceed Fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary dehci.
encies in the Treasury, and may contract debts
'9 any amount that may be necessary Tor the
defence Of the State. And provided further
that nothing In this section shall be construed
to prohibit the raising Of funds for the pur-
pose OF AIDING or compromising IN such rnnnnrr
OF 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 he General Assembly shall
be effective only when submitted to and ap-
proved By vote Of the people Of the State
al the General Election next following The
enactment Of such legislation
SIC, 2. dnd Be il farther enacted br ihs
authority afofesaid, That the said afofegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment 10
the Constitution, shall at the nexf general
election for members Of Congress held in this
State. be submitted to the legal and qualified
veters Of the State for adoption or rejection
IN pursuance Of the disections contained in
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 synopsD
q said amendment under the caption Of Soon
siiiutional Amendment Providing For Aid OF
Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
This amendment removes the prohibition now
In the State Constitution which prevents II.
State from pledging It's credit for the raising
Of monies which could ne used for the aid OF
as adjusted compensation to those citizens Of
the State who, with honor, served their coun-
try or State in time Of war. and upon 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. /, Albert C. Richie, Gov
ernor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section 1 Of
Article Il Of the Constitution Of Maryland.
DO hereby order and direct that this proela.
nation. containing a full, true and correct copy
of the text Of said Chapters III 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
hlished 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. al which election the said
proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be submitted in form and manner prescribed by
FED voters of the State for their adoption OF
rejection.
| Given under my hand and
/ The Great the Great Seal Of the State
! ] Seal Of the Of Maryland Done at the
/ 4 State OF City Of Annapolis. this
Maryland. 18th day Of July, ninetees
| hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE.
By the Governor;
E. BROOKE LEE,
J Secretary of State.