or loaned to, or in aid of any individual, association, or cor-
poration ; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more have the power to involve the City of Baltimore in the
construction of works of internal improvement, nor in grant-
ing any aid thereto, which shall involve the faith and credit
of the City, nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such
debt or credit be authorized 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 removal and extension, in whole or in
part, of any and all debts and obligations, created according
to Law before the adoption of this Constitution.

SEC. 8. All Laws and Ordinances now in force applicable

to the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article,
shall be, and they are hereby continued until changed in
due course of Law.

SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes in
this Article, except in section seventh thereof, as it may
deem heat; 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 General
Assembly of Maryland has over all such corporations in
this State.

ARTICLE XII.
PUBLIC WORKS.

SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury 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