Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-29
PROCLAMATION


~. 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 sufficient
70 pay the Interest on such debt as il falls
due, and 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pose shall not be repealed OF applied to any
other object until the said debt and interest
thereon shall be fully discharged The credit
Of the State shall no; in any manner bs given
OF loaned to, or in aid Of any individual asso-
eiauon or eorporationi nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode to in
volye the state in tbs construction of works
o. internal Improvement, nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith o.
credit Of the State; nor make any appropriation
therefor, except IN aid Of the construction Of
works Of internal improvement in the counties
Of 81 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 appropria-
tions shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
O nve 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 public debt (or) 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
tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars to meet temporary dehei-
euciek 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 compensatine in such manner
or way as the General Assembly Of the State
shall deem proper, those eitiTeus 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
I Df aU1t 4hay
proved By vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next foiiouins the
enactment of such legislation.
SEC. 2. dnd Be 70 fArfhey enacted BY the
authority dforstdid. That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment 10
! 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 u Of the Constitution Of this State,
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion shall be by ballot and upon each ballot,
there shall be printed the following synopsis
OF said amendment under the caption Of "Con-
stitutional Amendment Providing For Aid Or
/ adjusted Compensation To War Veterans" :"
/ This ampndment removes the prohibition now
/ In the State Constitution which prevents the
state from pledging its credit for the raising
Of monies which could be used fof the aid or
as adjusted compensation to those citizens Of
the State who, with honor, served their eoun.
iry. or State in time of war; and upon each
ballot there shall also be printed the words
| For the Constitutional Amendment and
"Agains, 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 aeafnst said pro-
posed amendment. as 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, Gov.
ernor Of .the State Of Maryland in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section / Of
/ Article "a Of the Constitution Of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that this procla.
nation containing full, true and correct copv
Of the text Of said Chapters i77 aud 127 Of
the Acts Of the General assembly Of Maryland
Of 1924, be published in at least two news
p.pers 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.
lished in the City of Baltimore, one Of which
shall be published in the German language,
CAGE week for at least three months next
preceding the general election to be held in
| the State Of Maryland on Tuesday the 9Th day
| OF November, 1874, at which election the said
proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be submitted in form and manner prescribed BY
the General Assembly, TO the legal and quail.
aed voters Of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
| Given under my hand and
1 The Great the Great Seal Of the State
] Seal of the Of Maryland. Done at the
| I State Of City Of Annapolis, this
/ Maryland. 18th day Of July, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE.
By the Governor:
E. BROOKE LEE.
Secretary of State.