Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-31

"a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
BY the General ASSEMBLY unless such debt
shah be authorized By law providing for the
collection Of an annual tax OF taxes sufficient
10 pay the Interest on such debt as il falia
due, and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time Of contract.
ing the same; and The taxes iaid for this puf.
pose shall not Be repealed or applied 10 any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged. The esedit
Of the State shall not IN any manner be given
o. loaned to. or IN aid Of any individual asso-
eiation OF corporation; nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to W.
volye the State in the construction Of works
o. internal Improvement, nor in granting any
AID thereto which shall involve the faith OF
credit Of the State; nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid Of the construction Of
works d internal Improvement IN the counties
Of St Msry'h 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 sppropria-
lions shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
q hre hundred thousand dollars. And they
shall not use or appropriate the proceeds OF
the internal improvement companies, or of the
State iaS. now levied. or which may hereafter
be levied. to pay of the public debt (ot) 10
any other purpose until the interest and debt
arc fully paid or the sinking fund shall be
equal to the amount Of the outstanding debit
bot the General Assembly may, without laying
tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary dehci.
cucies in the Treasury. and may contract debts
% 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 eompenssting in such manner
o. way as the General Assembly Of the State
shah deem proper, those eitiEens Of the State
who have served, with honoy, 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-
praved By vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next following the
enactment Of such legislation.
SIC. 2. Had b. Il farther saocisd By fhs
authority sforesaid. That the said aforegoins
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 IL
Article u Of the Constitution Of this State
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall Be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the following synopsis
Of said amendEent under the caption Of "Con.
siitutional Amendment Providing For Aid Or
Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
This amendment removes the prohibition now
IL 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
T"Na
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
xsid election due returns shall be made 70. tie
Governor o. the vote for and against said pro
posed amendment, as directed BY said Four
teenth Article Of the Constitution. and further
proceedings had In accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Anproved Anr;l o. 1924
Now. Therefore. !. Albert c. Richie, Gov
efnor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section / sof
Article Il Of the Constitution Of Maryland
do hereby order ~and direct that this procla.
nation containing full. true and ecrrecf copy
Of the text Of said Chapters III and 527 Of
the Acts Of the General Assembly Of Maryland
Of 1924 be published iu at least two news
papers in each Of the counties Of the State
where so many may be published and where
not more than one may be published then in
that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
lished in the City Of Baltimore, one Of which
shall be published in the German language,
once a week for at least three months next
preceding the general election to be held in
the State Of Maryland on Tuesday the 4ih day
Of November, 1924 at which election the said
proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be submitted in form and manner prescribed BY
the General Assembl.- to the legal aud quail.
fed voters Of the State .oT their adoption OF
rejection.
Given under my hand and
| The Great the Great Seal Of the State
| J Seal Of the Of Maryland. Done at the
| State Of n ity Of Annapolis. this
Maryland. ith day Of July, ninetesn
mdred and twenty-tour.
ERT c. RITcHIE,
By Governor
E.ARooKE LEE,
Secretary of Stat