ART. III] CONSTITUTION.

Turnpike R. Co., 22 Md. 229. Western Md. R. R. Co. v. Patter-
son, 37 Md. 125. State v. Consolidation Coal Co , 46 Md. I.
Mayor, &c., of Cumberland v. Wilison, 50 Md. 138. P. R. R. Co.,
v. B. & O. R. R. Co., 60 Md. 267. American Telephone Co. v.
Pearce, 71 Md. 53.5. Ulman v. M, & C. C. Balto., 72 Md. 587-609.
Helfrick v. Catonsville Water Co., 74 Md. 269. O'Brien v. Balto.
Belt R. R. Co., 74 Md. 363. Balto. Belt Railroad Co. v. Baltzell, 75
Md. 94. Mayor, &c., Balto, v. Ulman, 79 Md. 469. Van Witsen v.
Gutman, 79 Md. 405. Garrett v. Lake Roland Elevated R. R. Co.,
79 Md. 277. Deems v. Mayor and City Council of Balto., 80 Md,
164. Balto, and Eastern Shore R. R. v. Spring, 80 Md. 510. Turn-
pike Co. v. R. R. Co., 81 Md. 247. Mayor & City Council of
Balto, et al., v. The Keeley Institute, 8t Md. 106. Baumgardner
v. Fowler, 82 Md. 631. Poole v. Falls Road Ry., 88 Md. 536.

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Sec. 41. Any Citizen of this State who shall, after the
adoption of this Constitut'on, either in or out of this
State, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or ac-
cept a challenge so to do, or who shall act as a second,
or knowingly aid or assist in any manner those offending,
shall ever thereafter be incapable of holding any office of
profit or trust under this State, unless relieved from the
disability by an Act of the Legislature.

Duellists,

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

Elections,

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

Schindel v. Schindel, 12 Md. 294. Steffey v. Steffey, 19 Md. 9.
Kennedy v. Lange, 50 Md. 91. Clark v. Wooton, 63 Md. 113.

Wife's proper-
ty protected.

Sec. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assem-
bly to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the
property of the debtor, not exceeding in value the sum
of five hundred dollars.

Exemption.

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 the City of Baltimore, and for the collection
thereof; provided, 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 Baltimore thirty-five hundred dollars a year, over and
above office expenses, and compensation to assistants;
and provided further that such compensation of Clerks,
Registers, assistants and office expenses shall always be
paid out of the fees or receipts of the offices, respectively.

Banks v. State, 6o Md. 305.

Compensation
of Clerks
and Regis-
ters.