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nicks, 8 Lr. &J. 386. 'The Regents of the University of Mary
land, v. Williams, 90. & J. 365. Dorsey v. Gilbert,11 G. & J
87. Cromwell v. State, 12 G. & J. 257. Prout v. Berry, 12 G
&J.286. Statev.B.& 0. R.R.Co. 12 G.&.J. 400. Campbell's
Case, 2 Bl. 209. Wriglit v. Wright, 3 Md. 429. Rock Hill Col
lege v. Jones, 47 Md. 16. Pumphrey v. Mayor, &c, of Baltimore
47 Md. 145- O'Brian & Co. v. Co. Commrs. of Baltimore Co., 51
Md. 15. Co. Commrs. of Prince George Co. v. Co. Commrs. of
Laurel, 51 Md. 457- Montague v. State, 54 Md. 481. Hodges v
Balto. Passenger Railway Co., 58 Md. 603. Lankford v. Commrs
Somerset Co., 73 Md. 105. Gans v. Carter, 77 Md. 1 Revell v.
Mayor, etc.. of Annapolis, 81 Md. 1. Hamilton v. Carroll, 82
Md. 326. Mealy v. Hagerstown, 93 Md. 745- Herbert v. Balto.
Co., 97 Md. 634. |
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Sec. 34- No debt shall be hereafter contracted by the
General Assembly unless such debt shall be authorized
by a law providing for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it
falls due, and also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time of contracting the
same; and the taxes laid for this purpose shall not
be repealed or applied to any other object until the said |
Debts regu-
lated. |
debt and interest thereon shall be fully discharged. The
credit of the State shall not in any manner be given, or
loaned to, or in aid of any individual association or cor-
poration; nor shall the General Assembly have the power
in any mode to involve the State in the construction of
Works of Internal Improvement, nor in granting any
aid thereto, which shall involve the faith or credit of
the State; nor make any appropriation therefor, except
in aid of the construction of Works of Internal Im-
provement in the counties of St. Mary's, Charles and
Calvert, which have had no direct advantage from such
works as have been heretofore aided by the State; and
provided that such aid, advances or appropriations shall
not exceed in the aggregate the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars. And they shall not use or appro-
priate the proceeds of the Internal Improvement Com- |
Credit of the
State not to
be given. |
panies, or of the State tax, now levied, or which may
hereafter be levied, to pay off the public debt [or] to
any other purpose until the interest and debt are fully
paid or the sinking fund shall be equal to the amount of
the outstanding debt; but the General Assembly may,
without laying a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed |
Public debt. |
fifty thousand dollars to meet temporary deficiencies in
the Treasury, and may contract debts to any amount
that may be necessary for the defence of the State.
State v Hendrickson, 15 Md. 205. |
Temporary de-
ficiencies. |
Sec. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or
allowed by the General Assembly to any Public Officer,
Agent, Servant or Contractor, after the service shall have |
Extra compen-
sation pro-
hibited. |
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