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Credit of the
State not to
be given. |
charged. The credit of the State shall not in any manner he
given, or loaned to, or in aid of any individual association or
corporation; nor shall the General Assembly have the power
in any mode to involve the State in the construction 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 ad-
vantage from such works as have been heretofore aided by the
State; and provided that such aid, advances or appropriations |
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Public debt. |
shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars. And they shall not use or appropriate the
proceeds of the internal improvement 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 |
Temporary
deficiencies. |
equal to the amount of the outstanding debt; but the General
Assembly may, without laying 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 vs. Hendrickson, 15 Md., 205. |
Extra com-
pensation
prohibited. |
SEC. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or allow-
ed by the General Assembly to any public officer, agent, serv-
ant or contractor, after the service shall have been rendered,
or the contract entered into; nor shall the salary or compen-
sation of any public officer be increased or diminished during
his term of office.
Levin vs. Hewes, 118 Md. |
Lotteries
prohibited. |
SEC. 36. No lottery grant shall ever hereafter be author-
ized by the General Assembly.
Lucas vs. McBlair, 12 0. & J., 1. State vs. Hawkins, 96 Md., 133. |
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Slaves. |
SEC. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no law provid-
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. Snoufler, 6 Md., 308. Ruggles
vs. State, 120 Md. |
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