40 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. III.
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SEC. 38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.
State vs. Mace, 5 Md., 337. Trail vs. Snouffer, 6 Md., 308. |
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Banks. |
SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall grant no charter for
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
Ilabilities 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., 289. O'Brien vs. Baltimore Belt R. B. Co., 74 Md., 363. Char.
ters of Banks, 102 Md., 514, 819. |
Compensa-
tion for
property
taken tor
public use. |
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.
SEC. 40A. The General Assembly shall enact no law au- |
Compensa-
tion lor
property
taken tor
public use.
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thorizing private property to be taken for public use without
just compensation, to be agreed upon between the parties or
awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation, but where such property is
situated in Baltimore City and is desired by this State or by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the General Assem-
bly may provide for the appointment of appraisers by a Court
of Record to value such property, and that, upon payment of
the amount of such valuation to the party entitled to compen-
sation, or into Court and securing the payment of any further
sum that may be awarded by a jury, such property may be
taken.*
C. & 0. Canal Co vs. B. & 0. Railroad Co., 4 G. & J., 1. Tidewater
Canal Co. vs. Archer, 9 G. & J., 479, B. & S. Railroad vs. Compton.
2 Gill, 20. Alexander vs. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 5 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. McKim, 3 Bl„ 4S3. Hamilton vs. Annapolis & Elkridge Bail
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. Reddall vs. Bryan, 14 Md., 444. Western
Md. B. R. Co. vg. Owings, 15 Md., 199. Kane vs. Mayor, &c., of Balto.,
15 Md., 240. State vs. Graves, 19 Md., 369. Donglass vs. Boonsborough,
Turnpike B. Co., 22 Md., 229. Western Md. B. 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. B. B. Co. vs. B. & 0. B. B.
*Thus added by Chapter 402, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people Novem-
ber 4, 191S. |
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