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the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the General Assem-
bly may provide for the appointment of appraisers by a Court
of Becord 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.* |
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Duelists. |
SEC. 41. Any citizen of this State who shall, after the
adoption of this Constitution, either in or out of this State,
fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a chal-
lenge so to do, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid
or assist in any manner those offending, shall ever thereafter
be incapable of holding any office of profit or trust under this
State, unless relieved from the disability by an Act of the
Legislature. |
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Elections. |
SEC. 42. The General Assembly shall pass laws necessary
for the preservation of the purity of elections. |
Wife's prop-
erty pro-
tected. |
SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected from
the debts of her husband.
Schindel vs. Schindel, 12 Md., 294. Steffey vs. Steffey, 19 Md., 9.
Kennedy vs. Lange, 50 Md., 91. Clark vs. Wooton, 63 Md., 113. Beall
vs. Frank, 93 Md., 335. |
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Exemption. |
SEC. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly to
protect from execution a reasonable amount of the property
of the debtor, not exceeding in value the sum of five hundred
dollars.
Heinmel vs. Eichengreen, 107 Md. |
Compensa-
tion of
clerks and
registers. |
SEC. 45. The General Assembly shall provide a simple and
uniform system of charges in the offices of Clerks of Courts
and Registers of Wills, in the counties of this State and the
city of Baltimore, and for the collection thereof; provided,
the amount of compensation to any of the said officers in the
various counties shall not exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars a year, and in the city of Baltimore, thirty-five hun-
dred dollars a year, over and above office expenses and com-
pensation to assistants; and provided, further, that such com-
pensation of Clerks, Registers, assistants and office expenses
shall always be paid out of the fees or receipts of the offices,
respectively.
Banks vs. State, 60 Md., 305, |
Grants from
U.S. |
SEC. 46. The General Assembly shall have power to re-
ceive from the United States any grant or donation of land,
money or securities for any purpose designated by the United
States, and shall administer or distribute the same according
to the conditions of the said grant.
Pitznagle vs. Western Maryland Railway, 119 Md.
*Thus added by Chapter 402, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people Novem-
ber 4, 1913. |
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