ART. XII.] CONSTITUTION. 73
the city, nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such
debt or credit be authorized by an Act of the General Assem-
bly 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 Council may,
temporarily, borrow any amount of money to meet any defi-
ciency in the city treasury, or to provide for any emergency
arising from the necessity of maintaining the police, or pre-
serving the safety and sanitary condition of the city, and may
make due and proper arrangements and agreements 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, vs. Gill, 31 Md., 375. Pumphrey vs. Mayor &
C. C. of Baltimore, 47 Md., 145. Balto. City vs. Gorter, 93 Md., 1.
SEC. 8. All laws and ordinances now in force applicable to |
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the city of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article, shall
be, and they are hereby continued until changed in due course
of law.
Hooper vs. 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 is. 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 the |
Sessions. |
public works of the State, and as the General Assembly may
confer upon them the power to decide. |
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