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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 Legislature from placing a con
tingent fund at the disposal of the Executive, who shall report to
the Legislature 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. 21. No divorce shall be granted by the General As
sembly.
SEC. 22. No debt shall hereafter be contracted bythe legislature,
unless such debt shall be authorised by a law providing for the
collection of an annual tax or taxes sufficient to pay the inter
est on such debt as it falls due, and to discharge the princi
pal thereof, within fifteen years from the time of contracting the
same, and the taxes laid for this purpose shall not be repealed or
applied to any other object until the said debt and the interest there
on shall be fully discharged, and the amount of debts so contracted
and remaining unpaid shall never exceed one hundred thousand
dollars. The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given
or loaned to or in aid of any individual, association or corpora
tion, nor shall the General Assembly have the power, in any mode, to
involve the State in the construction of works of Internal Im
provenlent, or in any enterprise which shall involve the faith or
credit of the State, or make any appropriations therefor. And
they shall not use or appropriate the proceeds of the Internal Im
provement companies, or of the State tax now levied, or which
may hereafter be levied, to pay off the public debt, to any other
purpose, until the interest and debt are fully paid, or the sinking
fund shall be equal to the amount of the outstanding debt; but
the legislature may, without laying a tax, borrow an amount
never to exceed fifty thousand dollars, to meet temporary deficien
cies in the Treasury, and may contract debts to any amount
that may be necessary for the defence of the State.
SEC. 23. No extra compensation shall be grantedor allowed by
the GeneralAssembly to any public officer, agent, servant or con
tractor, after the services shall have been rendered or the con-
tract entered into. Nor shall the salary or compensation of any
public officer be increased or diminished during his term of
office.

SEC. 24. No senator or delegate, after qualifying as such, shall,
during the term for which he was elected, be eligible to any
office which shall have been created, or the salary or profits
of which shall have been increased, during such term, or shall,
during said term, hold any office or receive the salary or profits
of any office, under the appointment of the Executive or Legis-
l atu re.