Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-07-26
CHAPTER 456

OHARIER $50
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
z, of Article XII, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title "City of Baltimore"
requiring the Mayor and City Council of Bal
tmore in contracting any debt or giving. any
credit, to discharge the same within forty
(40) years; amending the powers of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to Dor
row money for emergency purposes; and pro-
vding for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary
land Tor adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the MEM
bers of each of the two Houses concurring),
That the following be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section 2, of Arti-
Gle XI, of the Constitution of the State of Mary
land title CITY of Baltimore" the same. II
adopted by the legally qualified voters of the
State, as herein provided, to become Section 2,
OF Article XI, of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland.
Section 2. From and after the adoption OF
this Constitution no debt Except as herein
after excepted), shall be created by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore; nor shall the
credit of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more be given or loaned to, or in aid of any
individual, association, or corporation; nor shall
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have
the power to involve the City of Baltimore in
the construction of works of internal improve
ment, nor in granting any aid thereto, which
shall involve the faith and credit OF the city,
nor make any appropriation therefor, unless
the General Assembly of Maryland, and by an
ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of
baltimore, submitted to the legal voters of the
lily OF Baltimore, at such time and place as
may be fixed by said ordinance, and approved
by majority of the votes cast at such time
and place; such ordinance shall provide for the
discharge of any such debt or credit within the
period OF forty (4O) years from the time OF con-
tracing the same; but the Mayor and City
Council may, temporarily, borrow any amount
OF money to meet any deficiency in the City
treasury, and may borrow any amount at any
time to provide for any emergency arising from
the necessity of maintaining the police, or pre-
serving the health, safety and sanitary condi'
uon OF the city, and may make due and proper
arrangements and agreements for the renewal
and extension, in whole or in part, of any and
an debts and obligations created according to
law before the adoption of this Constitution.
Section .. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said foregoing section,
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution, shall be, at the next general election
1or Members of the House of Representatives
OF Congress held in this State, submitted to the
Iegai and qualified voters of the State for adop-
uon or rejection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of
tnls State, and at the said general election the
vote vote on the said proposed amendment to the
SS HmS,ution shall be by ballot, and upon each
Sallot there shall be printed the words "For the
Constitutional Amendment and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now provided by
law, and Immediately after said election due re-
5 Turns snail be made to the Governor of the vote
Ior and against said proposed amendment, as
e eti by said Fourteenth Article Of the Con.
stitution, and further proceedings had in &C.
'Ofaanee with said Article. Fourteen.
a. section g.. And be it further enacted, That
THIS Act shall take effect June /, 1888.
Approved: April 81, 1888.
NOW, THEREFORE, |, ALBERT e.
RRITCHIEs GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
Vt MARYLAND, in pursuance of the direction
e ted in Section of Article IA of the Con.
SI:ituuon of Maryland, do hereby order and
S tt that this proclamation containing full,
t Iue and correct copy of the text of said Chap
ers lSS of the Acts of the General Assembly
al Maryland of 1881, and 456 of the Acts of
pso .ned IN at least two newspapers in each
tne counties Of the State where so many may
b published and where not more than one may
az published then in that newspaper, and in
snree newspapers published in the City of Balti-
lure one of which shall be published in the
eiInan language, once a week for at least three
boid next preceding the general election to be
tLu Jay OF November, 1884, at which election
t;o, said proposed amendments to the Constitu-
on snail be submitted in form and manner pre-
o oajed BY the General Assembly, to the legal
t;n qualhed voters of the State for their adop-
uon or rejection
rr Given under my hand and
Cpr LIE the Great Seal of the State of
NNEAI SEAL Maryland. Done at the City
MApVFT Avn OF Annapolis, this 10th day OF
@NARfLAND July, in the year nineteen
hundred and thirty-four.
n ALBERT c. RICHIE,
ny the Governor:
DAVID C. WINEBRENNER, 81,
Secretary of StOte.