Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-03

"a. No debt shall Be hereafter contracted
BY the General Assembly unless such debt
shall be authorized by a au providing for the
collection q an snnuai iar or sases sufscienl
to pay the interest on such debt As it falls
due. and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time Of contract.
ing the sane; and the taxes laid fer this puf.
pose shall not Be repeaied or aoniied 10 auv
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall Be fully discharged The eredit
Of the State shall not in any manner be Fiven
or loaned 70, or IN I'd Of any individual asso-
citation OF sorporaiioni nor shall the General
Assembly have The power in any mode 10 ia
yoive the State IN he construction Of works
Of internal Improvement. nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith OF
eredii Of the State; nor make any appropriation
tnefefor. except in aid OF the construction OF
works o. internal improvement in the counties
oi y Mays, Charles and Calvert. which have
had no direct advantage from such works az
nave been heretofore aided BY the state; and
provided that such aid, advances OF appropFia-
tons shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
y nve hundred thousand dollars and they
shail not use or appropriate the proceeds Of
the internal improvement companies, or Of the
state tax, nov levied, or which may hereafter
oe levied, 10 pay of the public debt (or) 70
any other purpose until the interest and debt
are tuliJ paid OF the sinking fund shall be
equal TO the amount Of the outstanding dehf;
but the General Assembly may. without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never TO exceed hfty
thousand dollars TO meet temporary dehci-
encies in the Treasury, and may contract debts
y any amount that may be necessary for the
aeienee Of the State. And provided further
that nothing 10 this section shall be construed
TO prohibit the raising Of funds for the pur.
pose OF aiding or eompensating in such manner
or way a. 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-
pf0ysss vote rS Of the people ol The STATE ss
enaetneSt Of such les;.ls,;on,
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