Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-17
PROCLAMATION


"a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
by the General Assembly unless such debt
| shall be authorized by a law providing Tor the
collection OF an annual tax or taxes sufficient
to pay the interest on such debt as q tails
due. and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time OF contract.
ing the same; and the taxes laid Tor this pur.
pose shall not be repealed or applied to any
thereon shall be fully discharged. The credit
Of the State shall not Ia 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 to in.
volye 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 appropriation
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 as
have been heretofore aided by the State and
provided that such aid, advances or sppropria'
tons shall not exceed In the aggregate the sum
Of five 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 of the pulJic 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 Assembly may. without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary dehei.
ences in the Treasury, aud 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 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 aud Ap.
proved by q vote OF the people Of the State
at the General Election next following the
enactment Of such legislation.
SIC. 2. fnd BE- IL fHrfhsr enacted BY hs
authority afovsSaid, That the said aforegons
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 10 the legal aud qualified
voters Of the State for adoption or rejection,
n 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.
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
there shall be printed the following synopsis
Of said amendment under the caption Of "Con.
stilutional Amendment Providing For Aid Or
Adj listed Compensation TO War Veterans"
ms amendmsnt removes the prohibition now
IN the State Constitution which prevents the
State from pledging is 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 70 tim: Of war; and upon each
ballot there shall also be printed the words
FOR the Constitutional Amendment" and
against the Constitutional Amendment" az
now provided by law, and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made 70 the
Governor OF the vote for and against said pro.
posed amendment. az directed by said -Four.
teenth Article Of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had In accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved April 9. 1924.
Now. Therefore. I, Albert c. Richie. Coy.
efnof Of the state Of Maryland. in pursuance
Article ~ Of the Constitution Of MARYLAND,
10 hereby order aud direct that this proela.
nation containing full, true and correct COPY
o. TIE text Of said Chapters ~ and 81 u
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 stats
where so many may be published and where
not more than one may be published then in
that newspaper, aud IN three Newspaper. pub
lished in the City Of Baltimore, one Of which
shall be published In the German language,
once week for al least three months nest
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 ~ form and manner prescribed by
me General Assembly, 10 the legal and quail
hsd voters OF the State Tor their adoption or
rejection,
v Given under my hand and
The Great the Great Seal Of the State
! Seal OF the Of Maryland. Done al the
state Of City Of Annapolis. this
Maryland 9Th day Of July. nineteen
NNI hundred and twenty four.
ALBEIT c. RITcHIE,
by the Governor:
n. BROOKE LEE.
Secretary Of State.