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MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. III

Parkinson v. State, 14 Md. 184. Berry v. Balto. & Drum Point
R R. Co , 41 Md. 446. Legg v. Mayor, &c., of Annapolis, 42
Md 203 Hamilton v State, 61 Md. 14.

When laws
take effect.

Sec. 31. No law passed by the General Assembly
shall take effect untill the first day of June next after
the session at which it may be passed, unless it be other-
wise expressly declared therein.
Parkinson v. State, 14 Md. 184. Risewick v. Davis, 19 Md. 96.

Appropria-
tions.

Sec, 32. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of
the State by any order or resolution, nor except in accord-
ance with an appropriation by law; and every such law
shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated and the
object to which it shall be applied; provided that nothing
herein contained shall prevent the General Assembly

Contingent
fund.

from placing a contingent fund at the disposal of the Exec-
utive, who shall report to the General Assembly at each
session the amount expended, and the purposes to which

Financial
statement to
be published
with laws.

it was applied. An accurate statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the public money shall be attached
to and published with the laws after each regular session
of the General Assembly.

Thomas v. Owens, 4 Md 189. McPherson v. Leonard, 39

Md. 377.

Special laws
prohibited.

Sec. 33. The General Assembly shall not pass local
or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases,
viz: For extending the time for the collection of taxes,
granting divorces, changing the name of any person,
providing for the sale of real estate belonging to minors
or other persons laboring under legal disabilities, by
executors, administrators, guardians or trustees, giving
eifect to informal or invalid deeds or wills, refunding
money paid into the State Treasury, or releasing persons
from their debts or obligations to the State, unless
recommended by the Governor or officers of the Treasury
Department. And the General Assembly shall pass no
special law for any case for which provision has been
made by an existing general law. The General As-
sembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Con-
stitution, shall pass general laws providing for the cases
enumerated in this section which are not already ade-
quately provided for, and for all other cases where a
General Law can be made applicable.

Whittington v. Polk, I H. & J. 236. Horsey v. State, 3 H. & J.
2. Gover v. Hall, Exr , 3 H. & J. 43. Partridge v. Dorsey, 3 H.
& J. 302. Crane v. Meginnis, I G. & J. 463. Dulany v. Tilgh-
man, 6 G. & J. 461 Norris v Trustees of the Abingdon Academy,
7 G. & J. 7. Barrett v. Oliver, 7 G. & J. 191. Lawrence v.