ART. XII.] CONSTITUTION. 73
the city, nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such
debt or credit be authorized by an Act of the General As-
sembly of Maryland, and by an ordinance of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, submitted to the legal voters of
the city of Baltimore, at such time and place as may be fixed
by said ordinance, and approved by a majority of the votes
cast at such time and place; but the Mayor and City Coun-
cil may, temporarily, borrow any amount of money to meet
any deficiency in the city treasury, or to provide for any
emergency arising from the necessity of maintaining the
police, or preserving the safety and sanitary condition of the
city, and may make due and proper arrangements and agree-
ments for the removal and extension, in whole or in part, of
any and all debts and obligations created according to law
before the adoption of this Constitution.
Mayor, etc., of Balto. v. Gill., 31 Md., 375 . Pumphrey v. Mayor &
C. C. of Baltimore, 47 Md., 145. Balto. City v. Gorter, 93 Md., 1.
SEC. 8. All laws and ordinances now in force applicable |
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. to the city of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article,
shall be, and they are hereby continued until changed in due
course of law.
Hooper v. New, 85 Md., 565.
SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes in |
Laws In force. |
this Article, except in Section 7th thereof, as it may deem
best; and this Article shall not be so construed or taken as
to make the political corporation of Baltimore independent
of, or free from the control which the General Assembly of
Maryland has over all such corporations in this State.
Pumphrey v. Mayor, etc., of Balto., 47 Md., 145.
ARTICLE XII.
PUBLIC WORKS.
SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treas- |
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ury and the Treasurer shall constitute the Board of Public
Works in this State. They shall keep a journal of their pro- |
Board. |
ceedings, and shall hold regular sessions in the city of An-
napolis on the first Wednesday in January, April, July and
October in each year, and oftener if necessary; at which ses-
sions they shall hear and determine such matters as affect |
Sessions. |
the public works of the State, and as the General Assembly
may confer upon them the power to decide. |
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