Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-26

a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
by the General Assembly uhicss such debt
shall be authorized By law pfovidins for the
collection of an annual tax of taxes sutheient
to pay the Interest on such debt as it falls
due. and also te discharge the principal thereof
withih fftceh years from TIE time q contract
ing the samej and the taxes lAid for tits put.
pose shall not BE- repealed Of applied 70 any
other object uhtl The said debt and Interest
thereon shall be iaiy discharged The etedii
Of the State shall not in any maunet be. given
OF loaned to- of III aid Of any indiyidual ass6.
ciaton or corporation; nor shall the, General
Assembly have the power IN any MODE 70 70
volve 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
vf St Mary's Charles and Calvert, which have
had no direct advantage from such works as
have bceF heretofore aided by the State and
provided that such aid, advances Or appropria-
tions shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
Of Eve hundred thousaHd dollars. And they
shall not use OF appropriate the proceeds OF
the internal Improvement companies, Of OF the
State tas, nov levied Of which may hereafter
be levied to pay of the public debt tofl 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 debit
but the General Assembly may, without laying
tax, borrow an amount never to exceed nifty
eucies IN the Treasury, aud may contract debts
10 any amount that may be necessary for 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 compensating in such manner
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 10 time Of war; provided, however,
tha. 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
enactment Of such legislation
SIC. 2. .fHd b. u further ENACTED BY the
authority dfofesaii That the said aforegong
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 ih
| Article II Of the Constitution Of this State.
ard al the said general election the vote
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-amendnent under the caption Of Con.
sntutioha Amendment Providing For Aid Or
adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
bis amendment removes the prohibition now
In the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pledgiug 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 eoun
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 eectionedue returns shall be made to the
Governor ofsthe 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 3, 1924.
Now. Therefore, I, Albert C Richie, Gov.
ernor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section ! Of
Article II 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
lished in the City Of baltimore, 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 Tuesday the 9TH 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 quali
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
| I State Of City Of Annapolis, this
| Maryland 18th day Of July. nineteen
J. hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RTcHIE,
By the Governor;
Z. BROOKE LEE,
Secretary Of Stat