ART. III.] CONSTITUTION. 39
SEC. 36. No lottery grant shall ever hereafter be author-
ized by the General Assembly.
Lucas vs. McBlair, 12 G. & .J., 1. State vs. Hawkins, 96 Md., 133.
SEC. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no law provid- |
Lotteries
prohibited. |
ing for payment by this State for slaves emancipated from
servitude in this State; but they shall adopt such measures
as they may deem expedient to obtain from the United States
compensation for such slaves, and to receive and distribute
the same equitably to the persons entitled.
SEC. 38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.
State vs. Mace, 5 Md., 337. Trail vs. Snouffer, 6 Md., 308.
SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall grant no charter for |
Slaves. |
banking purposes, nor renew any banking corporation now
in existence, except upon the condition that the stockholders
shall be liable to the amount of their respective share or shares
of stock in such banking institution, for all its debts and
liabilities upon note, bill or otherwise; the books, papers and
accounts of all banks shall be open to inspection under such
regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Hammond vs. Strauss, 53 Md., 1. Helfrich vs. Catonsville Water Co.,
74 Md., 269. O'Brien vs. Baltimore Belt R. R. Co., 74 Md., 363. Char-
ters of Banks, 102 Md., 514, 610. |
Banks. |
SEC. 40. The General Assembly shall enact no law author-
izing private property to be taken for public use, without just
compensation as agreed upon between the parties, or awarded
by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party entitled
to such compensation.
C. & 0. Canal Go vs. B. & 0. Railroad Co., 4 G. & 3., 1. Tidewater
Canal Co. vs. Archer, 9 G. & J., 479. B. & S. Railroad vs. Compton,
2 Gill, 20. Alexander vs. Mayor, &c„ of Balto., S Gill, 383. Binney's
Case, 2 Bl„ 99. Waring vs. Waring, 2 Bl., 673. Hepburn's Case, 3
Bl., 95. Compton vs. The Susquehanna Railroad, 3 Bl., 386. Balti
more vs. McKina, 3 Bl„ 453. Hamilton vs. Annapolis & Elkridge Rail
road Co., 1 Md., Ch, 107. Harness vs. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co., 1
Md., Ch., 248. Hamilton vs. Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad Co., 1 Md.,
553. Hoye vs. Swan, 5 Md., 237. Moale vs. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 5
Md., 314. Steuart vs. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 7 Md.,'50. Graff vs. Mayor,
&c., Balto., 10 Md., 544. Beddall vs. Bryan, 14 Md., 444. Western
Md, R. R. Co. vs. Owings, 15 Md., 199. Kane vs. Mayor, &c., of Balto.,
15 Md., 240. State vs. Graves, 19 Md., 369. Douglass vs. Boonsborough,
Turnpike B. Co., 22 Md., 229. Western Md. R. R. Co. vs. Patterson,
37 Md., 125. State vs. Consolidation Coal Co., 46 Md., 1. Mayor, &c.,
of Cumberland vs. Wilison, 50 Md., 138. P. R. R. Co. vs. B. & 0. R. R.
Co., 60 Md., 267. American Telephone Co. vs. Pearce, 71 Md., 535.
Viman vs. M. & C. C. Balto., 72 Md., 587-609. Helfrick vs. Catonsville
Water Co., 74 Md., 269. O'Brien vs. Balto. Belt B. R. Co., 74 Md., 363.
Balto. Belt Railroad Co., vs. Baltzell, 75 Md., 94. Mayor, &c., Balto., vs.
Ulman, 79 Md., 469. Van Witsen vs. Gutman, 79 Md., 405. Garrett vs.
Lake Roland Elevated R. R. Co., 79 Md., 277. Deems vs. Mayor and
City Council of Balto., 80 Md., 164. Balto, and Eastern Shore R. R. |
Compensa-
tion tor
property
taken for
public use. |
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