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that shall be described in its title; and no law, nor section of
law, shall be revived or amended by reference to its title or
section only; nor shall any law be construed by reason of
its title to grant powers or confer rights which are not
expressly contained in the body of the Act; and it shall be
the duty of the General Assembly, in amending any article
or section of the Code of laws of this State, to enact the
same as the said article or section would read when amended.
And whenever the General Assembly shall enact any Public
General Law, not amendatory of any section or article in the
said Code, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to
enact the same, in articles and sections, in the same manner
as the Code is arranged, and to provide for the publication of
all additions and alterations which may be made to the said
Code.
SEC. 30. Every bill when passed by the General Assembly,
and sealed with the Great Seal, shall bepresented to the Gov-
ernor, who, if he approves it shall sign the same in the
presence of the presiding officers and chief clerks of the
Senate and House of Delegates. Every law shall be recorded
in the office of the Court of Appeals, and in due time be
printed, published and certified under the Great Seal, to the
several courts, in the same manner as has been heretofore
•usual in this State.
SEC. 31. No law passed by the General Assembly shall take
effect until the first day of June next after the session at
which it may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly
declared therein.
SEC. 32. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of
the State by any order or resolution, nor except in accord-
ance with an appropriation by law; 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 General Assembly from placing
a contingent fund at the disposal of the Executive, who
shall report to the General Assembly 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. 33. The General Assembly shall not pass local or
special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, viz:
For extending the time for the collection of taxes; grant-
ing divorces; changing the name of any person; providing
for the sale of real estate belonging to minors or other
persons laboring under legal disabilities, by executors,
administrators, guardians or trustees; giving effect to
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