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MARYLAND MANUAL. [ACT. III.
Hill College v. Jones, 47 Md., 16. Pumphrey v. Mayor, etc., of Balto.,
47 Md., 145. O'Brian & Co. v. Co. Commrs. of Baltimore Co., 51 Md.,
IS. Co. Commrs. of Prince George's Co. v. Co. Commrs. of Laurel, 51
Md., 457. Montague v. State, 54 Md., 481. Hodges v. Balto. Passen-
ger Railway Co., 58 Md., 603. Lankford v. Commrs. Somerset Co., 73
Md., 105. Gans v. Carter, 77 Md., 1. Revell v. Mayor, etc., of An-
napolis, 81 Md., 1. Hamilton v. Carroll, 82 Md„ 326. Mealy v. Hag-
terstown, 92 Md., 745. Herbert v. Balto. Co., 97 Md., 634. Baltimore
City v. Allegany County, 99 Md., 1.
SEC. 34. No debt shall be hereafter contracted by the Gen- |
Debts regu-
lated. |
eral Assembly unless such debt shall be authorized by a law
providing for the collection of an annual tax or taxes suffi-
cient 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for this purpose shall not be repealed or applied to any other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 debt and interest thereon shall be fully |
Credit of the
State not to
be given. |
discharged. The credit of the State shall not in any manner
be given, or loaned to, or in aid of any individual associa-
tion or corporation; nor shall the General Assembly have
the power in any mode to involve the State in the construc-
tion 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 improvement in the
counties of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert, which have had
no direct advantage from such works as have been hereto-
fore aided by the State; and provided that such aid, ad-
vances or appropriations shall not exceed in the aggregate
the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. And they shall |
Public debt.
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not use or appropriate the proceeds of the internal improve-
ment companies, 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 out- |
Temporary
deficiencies.
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standing debt; but the General Assembly may, without lay-
ing a tax, borrow an amount never to exceed 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.
SEC. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or |
Extra com-
pensation
prohibited. |
allowed by the General Assembly to any public officer,
agent, servant or contractor, after the service shall have
been rendered, or the contract entered into; nor shall the
salary or compensation of any public officer be increased or
diminished during his term of office. |
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