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been rendered, or the contract entered into; nor Shall
the salary or compensation of any public officer be in-
creased or diminished during his term of office.

Lotteries pro-
hibited.

Sec. 36. No Lottery grant shall ever hereafter be
authorized by the General Assembly.

Lucas v. McBiair, 12 G. & J. I.

Slaves.

Sec. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no Law
providing for payment by this State for Slaves emanci-
pated 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.
State v. Mace, 5 Md. 337. Trail v. Snouffer, 6 Md. 308.

Banks.

Sec. 39. The General Assembly shall grant no char-
ter for Banking purposes, nor renew any Banking Cor-
poration 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 Bank-
ing Institution, 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 regula-
tions as may be prescribed by Law.

Hammond v. Strauss, 53 Md. 1, Helfrich v. Catonsville
Water Co., 74 Md. 269. O'Brien v. Baltimore Belt R. R. Co.,
74 Md. 363.

Compensation
for property
taken for
public use.

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 a jury, being first paid or tendered
to the party entitled to such compensation.

C. & O. Canal Co. v. B. & O. Railroad Co-, 4 G. & J. I. Tide-
water Canal Co. v. Archer, 9 O. & J. 479. B. & S. Railroad Co.
v. Compton, 2 Gill, 20. Alexander v. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 5
0111,383. Binney's Case, 2 Bl. 99. Waring v. Warring, 2 Bi. 673.
Hepburn's case, 3 Bl. 95. Compton v. The Susquehanna Railroad,
3 Bl. 386. Baltimore v. McKim, 3 Bl. 453. Hamilton v. Anna-
polis & Elkridge Railroad Co., 1 Md. Ch. 107. Harness v. Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal Co., 1 Md. Ch. 248. Hamilton v. An-
napolis & Elkridge Railroad Co., 1 Md. 553. Hoye v. Swan, 5
Md. 237. Moale v. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 5 Md. 314. Steuartv
Mayor, &c., of Balto., 7 Md. 500. Graff v. Mayor, &c., Balto., 10,
Md. 544. Reddall v. Bryan, 14 Md. 444. Western Md. R. R. Co.
v. Owings, 15 Md. 199. Kane v. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 15 Md.
240. State v. Graves, 19 Md. 369. Douglass v. Boonsborough