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it of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be given or
loaned to, or in aid of any individual association or corpora-
tion, 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 improvement, nor in granting any aid
thereto, which shall involve the faith and credit of the City,
nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such debt or cred-
it be authorized by an act of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, and by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, and be submitted by such ordinance to the legal
voters of the City of Baltimore at such time and place as may
be fixed by said ordinance, and be approved by a majority of
the' votes cast at such time and place, but the Mayor and
City Council may temporarily borrow any amount of money
to meet any deficiency in the City Treasury, or to provide for
any emergency arising from the necessity of maintaining the
Police, or preserving the safety and sanitary condition of the
City, and may make due and proper arrangements and agree-
ments for the removal and extension in whole or in part of
any and all debts and obligations created according to law
before the adoption of this Constitution.
Sec. 8. That all laws and ordinances now in force appli-
cable to the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this ar-
ticle shall be, and they are hereby continued until changed
in due course of law.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this article shall prevent the General
Assembly of this State from making such changes in this ar-
ticle except in section seventh thereof, as it may deem best,
nor shall this article be so construed or taken, as to make the
political corporation of Baltimore independent or free from
the control which the General Assembly of Maryland has
over all such corporations in this State.
Which was read the first time.
At the hour of eleven o'clock A. M., His Excellency, An-
drew Johnson, President of the United States, Hon. Wm.
H. Seward, Secretary of State, and suite, entered the Hall,
escorted by the Committee on Reception appointed on the
part of the Convention,—and by His Excellency Governor
Swann and Staff.
Mr. Jones, Chairman of the Committee on Reception,
then reported as follows :
Mr. President: I have the honor to report, on behalf of
the Committee who were charged with the very agreeable
duty of meeting the President of the United States and his
suite, in the city of Baltimore, that the Committee have per-
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