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discharge the principal thereof within fifteen years from the
time of contracting the same, and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose, shall not be repealed or applied to any other object un-
til the said debt and interest thereon, 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 corporation, nor
shall the General Assembly have the power, in any mode to
involve the State in the construction of works of internal im-
provement, 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 in-
ternal improvement companies, or of the State Tax now levi-
ed, 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 General Assembly may,
without laying a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed fifty
thousand dollars, to meet temporary deficiencies in the Trea-
sury, and may contract debts to any amount that may be
necessary for the defence of the State.
Sec. 21. No extra compensation shall be granted or allow-
ed by the General Assembly to any public officer, agent, ser-
vant or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered
or the contract entered into. Nor shall the salary or com-
pensation of any public officer be increased or diminished,
during his term of office.
Sec. 22. No Senator or Delegate, after qualifying as such,
notwithstanding he may thereafter resign, shall, during the
whole period of time 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 General Assembly.
Sec. 23. Each House may punish by imprisonment, during
the session of the General Assembly, any person not a mem-
. ber, for disrespectful or disorderly behavior in its presence,
or for obstructing any of its proceedings, or any of its officers
in the execution of their duties; provided such imprisonment
shall not, at any one time, exceed ten days.
Sec. 24. The members of each House shall, in all cases,
except treason, felony, or other criminal offence, be privi-
leged from, arrest during their attendance at the session of
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