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bly, and sealed with the Great Seal, shall bo presented to
the Governor, who, if lie approves it, shall sign the same in
the presence of the presiding officers and chief clerks of the
Senate and House of Delegates. Every Law shall be re-
corded in the office of the Court of Appeals, and in due time
be printed, published, and certified under the GreatSeal, to
the several Courts, in the same manner as has been hereto-
fore used in this State.
Sec. 31. No Law passed by the General Assembly shall
take effect until the first day of June, next after the session
at which it may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly
declared therein.
See. 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 from placing
a contingent fund at the disposal of the Executive, who shall
report to the General Assembly, at each session, the amount
expended, and the purposes to which 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.
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, administra-
tors, guardians or trustees; giving effect 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
Assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Con-
stitution, sball pass General Laws, providing for the cases
enumerated in this section, which are not already adequately
provided for, and for all other cases, where a General Law
can be made applicable.
Sec. 34. No debt shall be hereafter contracted by the Gen-
eral Assembly, unless such debt shall be authorized by a Law
providing for the collection of an annual tax, or taxes, suffi-
cient to pay the interest on such debt, as it falls due; and
also, to discharge the principal thereof, within fifteen years
from the time of contracting the same; and the taxes laid
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