proper, and for all other cases, where a
general Law can be made; and for revis-
ing and amending, so far as may be
necessary, or expedient, the general Laws
which may be in existence on the first
day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, providing for the creation of cor-
porations, and for other purposes; and
such drafts of Laws shall by said com-
missioners, be submitted to the General
Assembly, at its first meeting, for its
action thereon; and each of said com-
missioners shall receive a compensation
of five hundred dollars for his services,
as such commissioner.
All Charters granted, or adopted, in
pursuance of this section, and all Char-
ters heretofore granted and created,
subject to repeal or modification, may
be altered, from time to time, or be
repealed; provided, nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to extend to
Banks, or the incorporation thereof.
Sec. 49. The General Assembly shall
have power to regulate by Law, not
inconsistent with this Constitution, all
matters which relate to the Judges of
election, time, place and manner of hold-
ing elections in this State, and of making
returns thereof.
Sec. 50. It shall be the duty of the
General Assembly, at its first session, held
after the adoption of this Constitution,
to provide by Law for the punishment,
by fine, or imprisonment in the Peniten-
tiary, 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 order to influence
him in the performance of any of his
official duties; and, also, to provide by
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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 testimonial, for the perfor-
mance of his official duties, or for neg-
lecting, or failing to perform the same;
and, also, to provide by Law for com-
pelling any person, so bribing, or
attempting 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 per-
son, 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 disfran-
chised and disqualified 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 resident bona fide resides for the
greater part of the year, for which the
tax may, or shall be levied and not
elsewhere, except goods and chattels
permanently located, which shall be
taxed in the City, or County, where they
are so located.
Sec. 52. The General Assembly shall
appropriate no money out of the Treas-
ury for payment of any private claim
against the State exceeding three
hundred dollars, unless said claim shall
have been first presented to the Comp-
troller of the Treasury, together with the
proofs upon which the same is founded,
and reported upon by him.
Sec. 53. No person shall be incom-
petent, as a witness, on account of race
or color, unless hereafter so declared by
Act of the General Assembly.
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