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challenge so to do, or who shall act as second, or know-
ingly aid or assist in any manner those offending, shall
ever thereafter be incapable of holding any office of profit
or trust under this State.
Sec. 38. The General Assembly shall pass laws for
the preservation of the purity of elections by the regis-
tration of voters, and by such other means as may be
deemed expedient.
Sec. 39. The property of the wife shall be protected
from the debts of her husband.
Sec. 40. Laws shall be passed by the General Assem-
bly to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the
property of the debtor, not exceeding in value the sum
of $500.
Sec. 41. The General Assembly shall provide simple
and uniform system of charges in the offices of clerks
of courts and registers of wills in the counties of this
State and the city of Baltimore, and for the collection
therof; provided the amount of compensation to any of
the said officers in the various counties shall not exceed
the sum of $3, 000 a year, and in the city of Baltimore
$3, 500 a year, over and above office expenses and compen-
sation to assistants, and provided further that such com-
pensation of clerks, registers, assistants and office ex-
penses shall always be paid out of the fees or receipts of
the offices, respectively.
Sec. 42. The General Assembly shall have power to re-
ceive 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 disburse the
same according to the conditions of said grant.
Sec. 43. The General Assembly shall make provision
for all cases of contested elections of any of the officers
not herein provided for.
Sec. 44. Corporations may be formed under general
laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for
municipal purposes and except in cases where no general
laws exist, providing for the creation of corporations of
the same general character as the corporation proposed
to be created, and any act of incorporation passed in vio-
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