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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Directors of all said Public Works to guard
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the public interest, and prevent the estab-
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lishment of tolls which shall discriminate
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against the interest of the citizens or products
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of this State, and from time to time, and
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as often as there shall be any change in the
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rates of toll on any of the said Works,
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to furnish the said Board of Public Works
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a schedule of such modified rates of toll,
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and so adjust them as to promote the agri-
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cultural interests of the State; they shall
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report to the General Assembly at each
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regular session, and recommend such legis-
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lation as they may deem necessary and
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requisite to promote or protect the interests
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of the State in the said Public Works; they
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shall perform such other duties as may be
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hereafter prescribed by Law, and a majority
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of them shall be competent to act. The
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Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer shall
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receive no additional salary for services
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rendered by them as members of the Board
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of Public Works.
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Sec. 3. The Board of Public Works is
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hereby authorized, subject to such regula-
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tions and conditions as the General As-
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sembly may from time to time prescribe,
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to sell the State's interest in all works of
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Internal Improvement, whether as a stock-
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holder or a creditor, and also the State's
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interest in any banking corporation, re-
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ceiving in payment the bonds and regis-
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tered debt now owing by the State, equal
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in amount to the price obtained for the
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State's said interest.
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ARTICLE XIII. NEW COVNTIES.
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Section, 1. The General Assembly may
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See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
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provide, by Law, for orgaigizing new coun-
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ties, locating and removing county seats,
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and changing county lines; but no new
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county shall be organized without the con-
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sent of the majority of the legal voters
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residing within the limits proposed to be
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formed into said new county; and whenever
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a new county shall be proposed to be
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formed out of portions of two or more
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counties, the consent of a majority of the
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legal voters of such part of each of said
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counties, respectively, shall be required; nor
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shall the lines of any county nor of Balti-
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more City be changed without the consent
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of a majority of the legal voters residing
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within the district, which under said pro-
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posed change, would form a part of a
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county or of Baltimore City different from
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that to which it belonged prior to said
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