Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-08-15

a.. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
by the General Assembly unless such debt
| shall be authorized by law providing for the
| collection of an annual tax or taxes sufficient
To pay the interest on such debt as il falls
due, aud also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time OF contract
ing the same; and the taxes laid for this pur.
pose shall not be repealed or applied TO any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 given
| or loaned to, or in aid OF any individual asso.
| citation or corporation; nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode 10 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; nor make any approp tiaton
therefor, except in aid of the eonstruclion OF
works Of internal Improvement In the counties
OF 81 Marys, 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
| tons shall not exceed In the aggregate the sum
| OF hive hundred thousand dollars And they
shall not use or appropriate 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 he
equal TO 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
to 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 eompensatinR 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 ap.
| uFONgH nv unfa uf he nf he STAT
at the General Election next following the
enactment of such legislation.
| SEC. 2. dnd be il further enacted by The
authority dforSsaid That the said aforegoine
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
| the Constitution, shall, at the next general
election for members Of Congress held In this
State, he 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.
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the Conatitu
ton shall be by ballot. arid upon each ballot.
there shall be printed the following synopsis
| Of said amendment under the caption Of ICON.
slilutional Amendment Providing For Aid Or
| Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
This amendment removes the prohibition now
| ~ the State Constitution which prevents The
State from pledgng its credit for the raising
| OF monies which could be used for the aid or
as adjusted compensation 10 those citizens Of
| the State who with honor, served their c0un.
iry, 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 anne udment, as directed by said -Four,
teenth Article Of The Constitution and further
proceedings had In accordance with said Article
Fourteen
Approved April ., 1924
Now, Therefore, l. Albert c. Richie, Gov.
enof 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 proca.
nation containing full. true and correct copy
Of the text Of said Chapters NJ and J27 IL
The Acts Of the General Assembly Of Maryland
OF 1874, be published in al least two news.
papers in each Of the counties Of the State
where 50 many may be published and where
not more than one may be published then in
that newspaper and in three newspapers pub.
shed in the City Of baltimore one Of which
shall be published in the German language,
once 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, at which election the said
proposed amendments 10 the Constitution shall
be submitted In form and manner prescribed by
the General Assembly, TO the legal and auaif.
ned voters Of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
v Given under my hand and
The 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
y hundred and twenty four
ALBERT c. RIrCHIE,
by the Governor:
y. BROOKE LEE.
Secretary Of State.