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next preceding; (2) the current assets, liabilities, reserves
and surplus or deficit of the State; (3) the debts and funds
of the State; (4) an estimate of the State's financial condi-
tion as of the beginning and end of each of the fiscal years
covered by the two budgets above provided; (5) any explana-
tion the Governor may desire to make as to the important
features of any budget and any suggestion as to methods for
reduction or increase of the State's revenue.
Second. Each budget shall be divided into two parts, and
the first part shall be designated "Governmental Appropria-
tions" and shall embrace an itemized estimate of the appro-
priations: (1) for the General Assembly as certified to the
Governor in the manner hereinafter provided; (2) for the
Executive Department; (3) for the Judiciary Department,
as provided by law, certified to the Governor by the Comp-
troller; (4) to pay and discharge the principal and interest
.. of the debt of the State of Maryland in conformity with Sec....
' tion 34 of Article III of the Constitution, and all laws en-
acted in pursuance thereof; (5) for the salaries payable by
the State under the Constitution and laws of the State;
(6) for the establishment and maintenance throughout the
State of a thorough and efficient system of public schools in
conformity with Article VIII of the Constitution and with
the laws of the State; (7) for such other purposes as are set
forth in the Constitution of the State.
Third. The second part shall be designated "General Ap-
propriations," and shall include all other estimates of appro-
priations.
The Governor shall deliver to the presiding officer of each
House the budgets and a bill for all the proposed appropria-
tions of the budgets clearly itemized and classified; and the
presiding officer of each House shall promptly cause said bill
to be introduced therein, and such bill shall be known as the
"Budget Bill." The Governor may, before final action thereon
by the General Assembly, amend or supplement either of
said budgets to correct an oversight or in case of an emer-
gency, with the consent of the General Assembly by deliver-
ing such an amendment or supplement to the presiding offi-
cers of both Houses; and such amendment or supplement
shall thereby become a part of said budget bill as an addition
to the items of said bill or as a modification of or a substi-
tute for any item of said bill such amendment or supplement
may effect.
The General Assembly shall not amend the budget bill so
as to affect either the obligations of the State under Section
34. of Article III of the Constitution, or the provisions made
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