The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-10-23

such as is may be allowed by law he shall
conviction thereof, be removed from Office;
provided, that the States Attorney for Balti-
more City shall have the power TO appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore City may author
ize or approve and until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly, the said States Attor-
ney, Deputy and Assistants shall receive the
following annual salaries: States Attorney,
seven thousand five hundred dollars; Deputy
States Attorney five thousand collars Assis-
tant States Attorneys, four thousand dollars
each; said salaries such salaries as the
General Assembly may subsequently provide.
and such expense for conducting the Office of
the States Attorney as the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City may authorize or approve shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Bal
timore to the extent that the total of them
ceeds the fees of his Office, the General
Assemble shall otherwise provide, and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not
be liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
Sec q And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution shall at the next ensuing
general election for members of Congress, to
be held in this State on the Tuesday next af-
ter the first Monday of November, one thou
sand nine hundred and twenty-four. be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters of the
State for their adoption rejection in con-
formity with the directions contained in Ar
tice XIV of the Constitution of this State.
and at the said election the vote on the said
proposed amendment to the constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
| 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 saio proposed amendment, and
further proceedings had in accordance with
! Article Ia of the Constitution.
| Approved April g. 1924.
CHAPTER 327.
| AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
| 81 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
| State of Maryland, title Legislative De-
| partment,' for the purpose of permitting
the State to pledge its credit for the rails
ing of such funds as may be needed for the
| aid or compensation of those citizens of the
State who during the time of war have,
| with honor served their country and State,
and providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption CT rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
| Assembly Of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members of each Of the two Houses concur
ring, That the following section be and the
| same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
| Section "a of Article of the Constitution of
Maryland, title Legislative Department the
same if adopted by the legally qualified voters
| of the State, as herein provided, to become
Section 81 of Article 8 of the Consultation of
| the State of Maryland.
"a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
by the General Assembly unless such debt
shall be authorized by a law providing for the
! collection OF an annual tax or taxes Suf1clent
| to pay the interest on such debt as it falls
| due, and also to discharge the principal there
| of within fifteen years from the time of con-
| tracing the same; and the taxes laid for this
purpose shall be repealed applied to any
| other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged The credit
| of the State shall not in any manner be CIV
| en- loaned to, or in aid of any individual
| association or corporation nor shall the Gen.
| eral Assembly have the power in any mode to
| involve the State in the construction of works
| of internal improvement in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith or
credit of the State; nor make any appropria-
| ton therefor except in aid of the construc-
| ton 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 that such aid, advances
or appropriations shall not exceed in the
aggregate the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars. And they shall not or appropri-
| ate 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 tori 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 Assem-
| bly, may, without laying a tax, borrow an
| amount never to exceed fifty thousand dollars