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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
[CITY OF BALTIMORE.]
COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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the Mayor and City Council
may, temporarily, borrow
any amount of money to
meet any deficiency in the
City Treasury, or to pro-
vide for any emergency aris-
ing from the necessity of
maintaining the Police, or
preserving the safety and
sanitary condition of the
City, and may make due and
proper arrangements and
agreements for the renewal
and extension, in whole or
in part, of any and all debts
and obligations created ac-
cording to Law before the
adoption of this Constitution.
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nance shall provide for the
discharge of any such debt
or credit within the period
of forty (40) years from the
time of contracting the
same; but the Mayor and
City Council may, tempor-
arily, borrow any amount of
money to meet any defi-
ciency in the City Treasury,
and may borrow any amount
at any time to provide for
any emergency arising from
the necessity of maintaining
the police, or preserving the
health, safety and sanitary
condition of the City, and
may make due and proper
arrangements and agree-
ments for the renewal and
extension, in whole or in
part, of any and all debts
and obligations created ac-
cording to law before the
adoption of this Constitu-
tion.
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Continuation of
existing laws.
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Sec. 8. All Laws and Or-
dinances, now in force, appli-
cable to the City of Balti-
more, not inconsistent with
this Article, shall be, and
they are hereby continued
until changed in due course
of Law.
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Sec. 8. All Laws and Or-
dinances, now in force, ap-
plicable to the City of Bal-
timore, not inconsistent with
this Article, shall be, and
they are hereby continued
until changed in due course
of Law.
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Corporation of
Baltimore de-
pendent to
General
Assembly.
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Sec. 9. The General As-
sembly may make such
changes in this Article, ex-
cept in Section seventh
thereof, as it may deem
best; and this Article shall
not be so construed, or taken
as to make the political Cor-
poration of Baltimore inde-
pendent of, or free from the
control, which the General
Assembly of Maryland has
over all such Corporations
in this State.
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Sec. 9. The General As-
sembly may make such
changes in this Article, ex-
cept in Section seventh
thereof, as it may deem best;
and this Article shall not be
so construed, or taken as to
make the political Corpora-
tion of Baltimore indepen-
dent of, or free from the
control, which the General
Assembly of Maryland has
over all such Corporations
in this State.
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