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of Baltimore in the construction of works of internal im-
provement, 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 credit, be au-
thorized by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland,
and by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, submitted to the legal voters of the City of
Baltimore, at such time and place as may be fixed by said
ordinance, and 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
agreements for the renewal and extension, in whole or in
part, of any and all debts and obligations, created accord-
ing to law before the adoption of this Constitution.
SEC. 8. All Laws and Ordinances, now in force, ap-
plicable to the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with
this Article, shall be, and they are hereby continued until
changed by due course of law.
SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes
in this Article, except in Section 7 thereof, as it may
deem best; and this Article shall not be so construed, or
taken, as to make the political corporation of Baltimore
independent of, or free from the control, which the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland has over all such Corporations
in this State.
ARTICLE XII.
PUBLIC WORKS
SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the
Treasurer, and the Treasurer, shall constitute the Board
of Public Works in this State. They shall keep a journal
of their proceedings, and shall hold regular sessions in the
city of Annapolis, on the first Wednesday in January,
April, July and October, in each year, and oftener if
necessary; at which sessions they shall hear and deter-
mine such matters as affect the public works of the State,
and as the General Assembly may confer upon them the
power to decide.
SEC. B. They shall exercise a diligent and faithful
supervision of all public works, in which the State may be
interested, as stockholder or creditor, and shall represent,
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