Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-17
PROCLAMATION


"a. No debt shall be hereafter contracted
W the General Assembly unless such debt
shall be authorized BY a Law providing for the
collection Of an annual tax OF taxes sutieient
% pay the interest on such debt a. Il talis
due, and also TO discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time Of contract.
ing The sane; and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall not be repealed or applied to any
ether object Until the said debt and interest
thereon shall Be fully discharged The credit
Of the State shall not in any manner be given
o. loaned to, or in sd Of any individual enso
eiaton or corporation, nor shall the General
Assembly have the power in any mode TO in
yoive the State in the construction Of works
q internal Improvement, nor in granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith o.
credit Of the Stafei nor make any appropriation
therefor, except in aid Of the construction Of
works Of internal improvement in the couuties
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 Of appropria-
tons shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum
Of i've hundred thousand dollars. And they
shall not use OF appropriate the pfoeeeds Of
the internal improvement companies, or Of the
State tax. now levied. OF which may hereafter
be levied, to pay Of the public debt tor) to
any other purpose Until the interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall be
equal 70 the amount Of the outstanding debt;
but the General Assembly may, without laying
a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
eneies 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 eompensating in such manner
o. 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 tine Of war; provided. however.
that such action Of the General Assembly shall
be effective only when submitted TO and sp-
proved by vote Of the people Of the State
at the General Election next following the
enactment Of such legislation.
SIC ?. lind Be it farshe, esaefed by fhe
authority dforesaid. That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed an amendment Il
the Constitution. shall. al the next general
election for members Of Congress held In tins
state, be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters Of the State for adoption or rejection,
IN pursuance Of the directions contained 10
Article Il Of the Constitution Of this State,
ard at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the CoHsfitu.
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
there shall be printed the following synopsD
Of said amendment under the caption Of @Con.
stitutional Amendment Providing For Aid Or
Adjusted Compensation To War Veterans"
This amendment 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 for the aid OF
as adjusted Compensation 10 those citizens Of
the State who, with honor. served their coun-
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
now provided by law, and Immediately after
said election due RETURNS shall he .....i- t> he
uovernor Of the vote for and against said pro.
posed amendment, as directed by said Four
tcen,h Article Of the Constitution and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved April 9, 1924.
Now, Therefore, /. Albert C. Richie, Gov.
ernor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursuance
Of the direction contained in Section 1 Of
Article u Of the Constitution of Maryland.
do hereby order and direct that this procla.
nation containing full, true and correct copy
Of the text Of said Chapters III and 527 of
the Acts Of the General Assembly of Maryland
Of 1924, be published in 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 10
that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
l'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 to the Constitution shall
be submitted in form and manner prescribed by
the General Assembly, to the legal and quail.
he'd voters Of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
Given under my hand and
| | The Great the Great Seal Of the State
| J Seal Of the Of Maryland Done at the
| I State Of City of Annapolis. this
l Maryland. 18th day Of July, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE.
By the Governor:
E. BROOKE LEE,
Secretary of State.