COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	for the collection thereof; provided, the	tion of the judicial branch shall inure to the
	amount of compensation to any of the said	State.
	officers in the various Counties and in the
	City of Baltimore shall be such as may be
	prescribed by law.
	Sec. 46. The General Assembly shall
	have power to receive from the United
	States, any grant, or donation of land, money,
	or securities for any' purpose designated
	by the United States, and shall administer,
	or distribute the same according to the
	conditions of the said grant.
	Sec. 47. The General Assembly, shall	See Section 2.07, Conduct of Elections, p, 11.
	make provisions for all cases of contested
	elections of any of the officers, not herein
	provided for.
	Sec. 48. Corporations may be formed	Section 9.10. Corporation Charters.
	under general Laws, but shall not be created	Corporations may be formed under general
	by special act, except for municipal pur-	laws, but shall not be created by special act,
	poses and except in cases where no general	except in cases where no general laws exist
	Laws exist, providing for the creation of	providing for the creation of corporations of
	corporations of the same general character,	the same general character as the corporation
	as the corporation proposed to be created;	proposed to be created; and any act of incor-
	and any act of incorporation passed in vio-	poration passed in violation of this section
	lation of this section shall be void. All	shall be void. All charters granted, or adopt-
	charters granted, or adopted, in pursuance	ed, in pursuance of this section, and all
	of this section, and all charters heretofore	charters heretofore granted and created sub-
	granted and created, subject to repeal or	ject to repeal or modification may be altered,
	modification, may be altered, from time to	from time to time, or be repealed; provided
	time, or be repealed; provided, nothing	nothing herein contained shall be construed
	herein contained shall be construed to ex-	to extend to banks or the incorporation
	tend to Banks, or the incorporation thereof.	thereof. The General Assembly shall not al-
	The General Assembly shall not alter or	ter or amend the charter of any corporation
	amend the charter of any corporation	existing on December 3, 1891, or pass any
	existing at the time of the adoption of	other general or special law for the benefit
	this Article, or pass any other general or special law for the benefit of such corpo-	of such corporation except upon the condi- tion that such corporation shall surrender all
	ration except upon the condition that such	claim to exemption from taxation or from
	corporation shall surrender all claim to	the repeal or modification of its charter, and
	exemption from taxation or from the repeal	that such corporation shall thereafter hold
	or modification of its charter, and that such corporation shall thereafter hold its	its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution; and any corporation chartered
	charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution; and any corporation chartered by this State which shall accept, use, enjoy, or in any wise avail itself of any rights, privileges, or advantages that may here- after be granted or conferred by any gen- eral or special Act, shall be conclusively presumed to have thereby surrendered any	by this State which shall accept, use, enjoy, or in any wise avail itself of any rights, priv- ileges, or advantages granted or conferred by any general or special act, shall be conclu- sively presumed to have thereby surrendered any exemption from taxation to which it may be entitled under its charter and shall be thereafter subject to taxation as if no
	exemption from taxation to which it may be entitled under its charter, and shall be thereafter subject to taxation as if no such exemption has been granted by its	such exemption has been granted by its char- ter except to the extent that application of this section may be prohibited by Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution of the United
	charter.	States.

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