vantage from such works as have been heretofore aided by
the State; and provided that such aid, advances or appro-
priations shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars. And they shall not use or appro-
priate 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 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 tem-
porary deficiencies in the Treasury, and may contract debts
to any amount that may be necessary for the defence of the
State.

SEC. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or
allowed by the General Assembly to any public officer, agent)
servant or contractor, after the service shall have been ren-
dered, or the contract entered into; nor shall the salary or
compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished
during his term of office.

Sue. 36. No lottery grant shall ever hereafter be author-
ized by the General Assembly.

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.
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 stockhold-
ers shall be liable to the amount of their respective share or
shares of stock in such banking institution, for all its debts
and liabilities 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.

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-
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