SEC. 40. The General Assembly shall enact no Law
authorizing private property to be taken for public use,
without just compensation, as agreed upon between the
parties, or awarded by ajury, being first paid, or tendered
to the party entitled to such compensation.

SEC. 41. Any citizen of this State who shall, after the
adoption of this Constitution, cither in or out of this State,
fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a chal-
lenge so to do, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly
aid or assist in any manner those offending, shall ever there-
after be incapable of holding any office of profit or trust
under this State, unless relieved from the disability by an
Act of the Legislature.

SEC. 42. The General Assembly shall pass Laws neces-
sary for the preservation of the purity of elections.

SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected from
the debts of her husband.

SEC. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly,
to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the prop-
erty of the debtor, not exceeding in value the sum of five
hundred dollars.

SEC. 45. The General Assembly shall provide a simple
and uniform system of charges in the offices of clerks of
Courts, and Registers of Wills, in the Counties of this State,
and City of Baltimore, and for the collection thereof; pro-
vided, the amount of compensation to any of the said
officers, in the various Counties, shall not exceed the sum
of three thousand dollars a year, and in the city of Balti-
more thirty-five hundred dollars a year, over and above office
expenses, and compensation to assistants; and provided
further, that such compensation of Clerks, Registers, assist-
ants and office expenses shall always be paid out of the
fees, or receipts of the offices, respectively.

SEC. 46. The General Assembly shall have power to
receive 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 distribute the
same according to the conditions of the said grant.

SEC. 47. The General Assembly shall make provisions
for all cases of contested elections of any of the officers,
not herein provided for.