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Punishment. |
in the performance of any of his official duties; and also,
to provide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or impris-
onment in the Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of
the Court, of any of said officers, or members, who shall
demand or receive any bribe, fee, reward or testimonial.
for the performance of his official duties, or for neglect-
ing or failing to perform the same; and also, to provide
by Law for compelling any person so bribing, or at-
tempting to bribe, or so demanding or receiving a bribe,
fee, reward or testimonial, to testify against any person |
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Evidence. |
or persons who may have committed any of said offences;
provided, that any person so compelled to testify shall
be exempted from trial and punishment for the offence
of which he may have been guilty; and any person con- |
Disqualifica-
tion. |
victed of such offence shall, as part of the punishment
thereof, be forever disfranchised and disqualified from
holding any office of trust or profit in this State. |
Taxation of
personal
property. |
Sec. 51. The personal property of residents of this
State shall be subject to taxation in the county or city
where the resident bona fide resides for the greater part
of the year, for which the tax may or shall be levied,
and not elsewhere, except goods and chattels perma-
nently located, which shall be taxed in the city or
county where they are so located. |
Taxation of
personal
property. |
[Sec. 51. The personal property of residents of this
State shall be subject to taxation in the county or city
where the resident bona fide resides for the greater part
of the year for which the tax may or shall be levied, and
not elsewhere, except goods and chattels permanently
located, which shall be taxed in the city or county
where they are so located, but the General Assembly
may by law provide for the taxation of mortgages upon
property in this State and the debts secured thereby in
the county or city where such property is situated.]*
Hopkins v. Baker, 78 Md. 363. Faust v. Building Association,
84 Md. 186. B. C. & A. Ry. v. Wicomico Co., 93 Md., 113. City
v. Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 97 Md., 659. |
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Private Claims |
Sec. 52. The General Assembly shall appropriate no
money out of the Treasury for payment of any private
claim against the State exceeding three hundred dollars,
unless said claim shall have been first presented to the
Comptroller of the Treasury, together with the proofs
upon which the same is founded, and reported upon by
him.
*Thus amended by Chapter 426 Acts of 1890, ratified by the people Novem-
ber 3, 1891. |
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