Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-09-05


81 No debt shall be hereafter cant.., ed
by the General Assembly uu.cs. 50 h 81. Ot
| shall be authorized by ih. g.: he
collection Of an annual ;,S or ta,.s ,,..: g. al
To pay the interest ssh Dc { o. all
due, and also to discharg- 'as pr uci, a. ,h-r-O.
within hf,een years frOis ths t;a,- %. q. as Ct
ing the same; and the taxes laii III ;his ur-
pose shall not be repealed or APPLIED TO any
other object until the sad debt aud interest
thereon shall be fully discharged. 1h- credit
Of the State shall not IN sny manner ii en-
or loaned to, in aid Of any individual asso-
eistion or corporation; nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode 20 in.
volve the State in the construction Of works
Of internal Improvement, nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith or
credit Of the State; make any appro ration
therefor, except in aid Of the construction Of
works Of internal improvement in the counties
OF ST Mays, Charles and Calvert. which have
had no direct advantage from such works ~
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 hve hundred thousand dollars And they
shall not use appropriate the proceeds of
the internal improvement companies or Of the
State tax, now levicd or which may hereafter
be levied, to pay of the public debt Corr 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 debt;
but the General Assembly may. without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary defci
eneies in the Treasury, and may contract debts
10 any amount that may he 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 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 in time of war; provided, however,
that such action of the General Assembly shall
be effective only when submitted to and APP
proved by vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next following the
enactment of such legislation.
SEC. 2. And b. it further enacted BY the
authority aforrSGid. 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 II Of the Constitution of this State
srd at the said general election the vote on
he said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tlon shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the following synopsis
OF sald amendment under the caption Of Son
sttutiona Amendment Providing For Aid Or
adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
MS amendment removes the prohibition now
u the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pledging its credit for the raising
OF monies which could be used for the aid or
as adjusted compensation to those citizens Of
ANN jaw Whos WIN uOnOT, served their COuu
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
nov provided by Law, and immediately after
said election due returns shall be made 10 the
Governor OF the vote for and against said uro
posed amendment, as directed BY SAID -Four
isenth Article of the Constitution, and farther
Fourteen.
Approved April 9. 1924.
Now. Therefore, I, Albert c. Richie, Gov.
ernor OF the State Of Maryland in pursuance
d the direction eonts.utd in Section : "
Tuele - OF the Constitution of Maryland,
20 hereby order and direct that this rrocla.
nation containing full. true and correct copy
~ the text Of said Chapters III and az of
he Acts Of the General Assembly Of MARYLAND
81 iva, be published in al least two news.
bspers IN each OF the counties Of the State
Nhere so many may be published and where
4 more than one may be published then in
nat newspaper, and in three newspapers pub-
NED IN the City Of Baltimore enc Of which
nan be published IN the German language,
once q week Tor At least three months usxt
feeeding the general election to be held in
Ne State OF Msry and on Tuesday the 18th day
. November 1874 st which election the said
topos'd A. endiIsn.s 10 the Constitution shall
ne submitted IN form and manner prescribed by
he General Assembly, to the legal and ouaIf
eJection.
e., v Given under my hand and
me Great the Great Seal Of the State
seal OF the Of Maryland Done at the
state OF City Of Annapolis, this
Maryland, 18Th day Of July, nineteen
NJ hundred and twenty four.
ALBEIT c. RICHIE,
BY the Governor;
T.. BROOKE LEE.
Secretary OF State.