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ART. III] CONSTITUTION. 45
Sec. 53. No person shall be incompetent, as a witness,
on account of race or color, unless hereafter so declared
by Act of the General Assembly. |
Witnesses. |
Sec. 54. No County of this State shall contract any
debt, or obligation, in the construction of any Railroad,
Canal, or other Work of Internal Improvement, nor
give, or loan its credit to or in aid of any association,
or corporation, unless authorized by an Act of the Gen-
eral Assembly, which shall be published for two months
before the next election for members of the House of
Delegates in. the newspapers published in such County,
and shall also be approved by a majority of all the
members elected to each House of the General As-
sembly, at its next session after said election.
Baltimore &Drum Point Railroad Company v, Pumphrey, 74
Md, 86. Baltimore & Eastern Shore R. Co. v. Spring, So Md.
510. |
Counties for-
bidden to
contract
debts with-
out author-
ity. |
Sec. 55. The General Assembly shall pass no law
suspending the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. |
Habeas Cor-
pus. |
Sec. 56. The General Assembly shall have power to
pass all such Laws as may be necessary and proper for
carrying into execution the powers vested by this Con-
stitution, in any Department or office of the Govern-
ment, and the duties imposed upon them thereby. |
Powers of As-
sembly. |
Sec. 57. The Legal rate of Interest shall be six per
cent. per annum, unless otherwise provided by the Gen-
eral Assembly.
Bandel v. Isaac, 13 Md, 202. Birmingham v. Md, Land and
Perm. Homestead Association of Balto. Co., 45 Md. 541, Cit-
izens' Land Co. v. Uhler, 48 Md. 455- |
Interest. |
Sec. 58. The Legislature, at its first session after
the ratification of this Constitution, shall provide by
Law for State and municipal taxation upon the reve-
nues accruing from business done in the State by all
foreign corporations. |
Foreign cor-
porations. |
Sec. 59. The office of "State Pension Commissioner"
is hereby abolished; and the Legislature shall pass no
law creating such office, or establishing any general
pension system within this State. |
Pension sys-
tem abolish-
ed. |
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