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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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for temporary emergencies, but such notes
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must only be made to provide for appro-
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priations already made by the General
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Assembly. The General Assembly may con-
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tract debts to any amount that may be
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necessary for the defense of the State. And
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provided further that nothing in this sec-
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tion shall be construed to prohibit the
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raising of funds for the purpose of aiding
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or compensating in such manner or way as
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the General Assembly of the State shall
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deem proper, those citizens of the State
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who have served, with honor, their Country
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and State in time of War; provided, how-
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ever, that such action of the General As-
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sembly shall be effective only when sub-
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mitted to and approved by a vote of the
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people of the State at the General Election
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next following the enactment of such legis-
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lation.
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Section 6.07. Gift or Loan of Assets or
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Art. III, sec. 34..... The credit of the
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Credit.
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State shall not in any manner be given, or
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The assets or credit of the State shall not
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loaned to, or in aid of any individual,
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be given or lent to any individual, association,
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association or corporation; nor shall the
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or corporation unless a public purpose will
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General Assembly have the power in any
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be served thereby and unless authorized by
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mode to involve the State in the construc-
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the General Assembly by a law stating the
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tion of Works of Internal Improvement, nor
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public purpose to be served. A gift of assets
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in granting any aid thereto, which shall
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may be authorized by a law enacted by the
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involve the faith or credit of the State; nor
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affirmative vote of a majority of all the mem-
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make any appropriation therefor, except in
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bers of each house, but a law authorizing a
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aid of the construction of Works of Internal
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gift of credit or a loan of credit or a loan of
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Improvement in the counties, of St. Mary's,
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assets shall require the affirmative vote of
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Charles and Calvert, which have had no
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three-fifths of all the members of each house.
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direct advantage from such Works as have
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been heretofore aided by the State; and
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provided, that such aid, advances or appro-
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priations shall not exceed in the aggregate
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the sum of five hundred thousand dollars.
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And they shall not use or appropriate the
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proceeds of the Internal Improvement Com-.
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panics, or of the State tax, now levied, or
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which may hereafter be levied, to pay off
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the public debt (or) to any other purpose
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until the interest and debt are fully paid,
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or the sinking fund shall be equal to the
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amount of the outstanding debt; ....
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Budget and Appropriations
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Section 6.08. Appropriations.
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Art. III, sec. 32. No money shall be
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The General Assembly shall not appropri-
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drawn from the Treasury of the State, by
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ate any money from the treasury except by a
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any order or resolution, nor except in
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budget bill or a supplementary appropria-
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accordance with an appropriation by Law;
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tion bill.
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and every such Law shall distinctly specify
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the sum appropriated, and the object, to
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which it shall be applied; provided, that
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nothing herein contained shall prevent the
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General Assembly from placing a contingent
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