in granting any aid thereto, which shall involve the faith or
credit of the State; nor make any appropriation therefor,
except in aid of the construction of Works of Internal
Improvement, in the counties of St. Mary's, Charles and
Calvert, which have had no direct advantage from such
works as have been heretofore aided by the State; and
provided, that such aid, advances or appropriations shall not
exceed in the aggregate the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars. And they shall not use or appropriate the proceeds
of the Internal Improvement Companies, or of the State
tax, now levied, or which may hereafter be levied, to pay
off the public debt, or to any other purpose until the inter-
est and debt are fully paid, or the sinking fund shall be
equal to the amount of the outstanding debt; but the Gen-
eral Assembly may, without laying a tax, borrow an amount
never to exceed fifty thousand dollars, to meet temporary
deficiencies in the Treasury, and may contract debts to any
amount that may be necessary for the defence of the State.

SEC. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or
allowed by the General Assembly to any Public Officer,
Agent, Servant or Contractor, after the service shall have
been rendered, or the contract entered into; nor shall the
salary or compensation of any public officer be increased
or diminished during his term of office.

SEC. 36. No Lottery grant shall ever hereafter be author-
ized by the General Assembly.

SEC. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no Law pro-
viding for payment, by this State, for Slaves emancipated
from servitude in this State; but they shall adopt such
measures as they may deem expedient to obtain from the
United States compensation for such Slaves, and to receive
and distribute the same equitably to the persons entitled.

SEC. 38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.

SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall grant no charter
for Banking purposes, nor renew any Banking Corporation
now in existence, except upon the condition that the
Stockholders shall be liable to the amount of their
respective share or shares of stock in such Banning Insti-
tution, for all its debts and liabilities upon note, bill or
otherwise; the books, papers and accounts of all Banks,
shall be open to inspection, under such regulations as may
be prescribed by Law.