44 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART.III.
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SEC. 50. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly at
its first session, held after the adoption of this Constitution, |
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Bribery. |
to provide by law for the punishment, by fine, or imprison-
ment in the penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the
court, of any person who shall bribe or attempt to bribe any
Executive, or Judicial officer of the State of Maryland, or
any member, or officer of the General Assembly of the State
of Maryland, or of any municipal corporation in the State
of Maryland) or any executive officer of such corporation, in |
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Punishment. |
order to influence him in the performance of any of his offi-
cial duties; and also, to provide by law for the punishment,
by fine, or imprisonment in the penitentiary) or both) in the
discretion of the court, of any of said officers, or members,
who shall demand or receive any bribe, fee) reward or tes-
timonial for the performance of his official duties) or for neg-
lecting or failing to perform the same; and also, to provide
by law for compelling any person so bribing, or attempting |
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Evidence. |
to bribe) or so demanding or receiving a bribe) fee, reward
or testimonial) to testify against any person or persons who
may have committed any of said offences; provided) that any |
Disqualifica-
tion. |
person so compelled to testify shall be exempted from trial
and punishment for the offence of which he may have been
guilty; and any person convicted of such offence shall) as part
of the punishment thereof, be forever disfranchised and dis-
qualified from holding any office of trust or profit in this
State.
SEC. 51. The personal property of residents of this State
shall be subject to taxation in the county or city where the |
Taxation of
personal
property.
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resident bona fide resides for the greater part of the year for
which the tax may or shall be levied, and not elsewhere, ex-
cept goods and chattels permanently located, which shall be
taxed in the city or county where they are so located, but the
General Assembly may by law provide for the taxation of
mortgages upon property in this State and the debts secured
thereby in the county or city where such property is situ-
ated.*
Hopkins vs. Baker, 78 Md., 363. Faust vs. Building Association, 84
Md., 186. B., 0. & A. By. vs. Wicomico Co., 93 Md., 113. City vs. Safe
Deposit and Trust Co., 97 Md., 659. Baltimore City vs. Allegany Co.,
99 Md., 1.
SEC. 52. The General Assembly shall appropriate no |
Private
claims. |
money out of the Treasury for payment of any private claim
against the State exceeding three hundred dollars, unless said
claim shall have been first presented to the Comptroller of the
Treasury, together with the proofs upon which the same is
founded, and reported upon by him.
*Thus amended by Chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified by the people Novem-
ber 3, 1891. |
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