Laws: Style;
original bill;
limitation of
subject; descrip-
tion in title;
amendment;
enactment.
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Sec. 29. The style of all
Laws of this State shall be,
"Be it enacted by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Mary-
land:" and all Laws shall be
passed by original bill; and
every Law enacted by the
General Assembly shall em-
brace but one subject, and
that shall be described in
its title; and no Law, nor
section of Law, shall be re-
vived, or amended by refer-
ence to its title, or section
only; nor shall any Law be
construed by reason of its
title, to grant powers, or
confer rights which are not
expressly contained in the
body of the Act; and it shall
be the duty of the General
Assembly, in amending any
article, or section of the
jCode of Laws' of this State,
to enact the same, as the
said article, or section would
read when amended. And
whenever the General As-
sembly shall enact any Pub-
lic General Law, not amend-
atory of any section, or arti-
cle in the said Code, it shall
be the duty of the General
Assembly to enact the same,
in articles and sections, in
the same manner, as the
Code is arranged, and to pro-
vide for the publication of
all additions and alterations,
which may be made to the
said Code.
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Sec. 29. The style of all
Laws of this State shall be,
"Be it enacted by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland:"
and all Laws shall be passed
by original bill; and every
Law enacted by the General
Assembly shall embrace but
one subject, and that shall
be described in its title; and
no Law, nor section of Law,
shall be revived, or amended
by reference to its title, or
section only; nor shall any
Law be construed by reason
of its title, to grant powers,
or confer rights which are
not expressly contained in
the body of the Act; and it
shall be the duty of the Gen-
eral Assembly, in amending
any article, or section of the
Code of Laws of this State,
to enact the same, as the
said article, or section would
read when amended. And
whenever the General As-
sembly shall enact any Pub-
lic General Law, not amend-
atory of any section, or arti-
cle in the said Code, it shall
be the duty of the General
Assembly to enact the same,
in articles and sections, in
the same manner, as the
Code is arranged, and to
provide for the publication
of all additions and altera-
tions, which may be made to
the said Code.
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Sec. 28. The style of all
laws of this State shall be,
"Be it enacted by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Mary-
land," and all laws shall be
passed by original bill, and
every law enacted by the
General Assembly shall em-
brace but one subject, and
that shall be described in the
title; and no law nor section
of a law shall be revised or
amended by reference to its
title or section only; and it
shall be the duty of the
General Assembly, in amend-
ing any article or section
of the code of laws of this
State, to enact the same as
the said article or section
would read when amended.
And whenever the General
Assembly shall enact any
publio general law, not
amendatory of any section or
article in the said code, it
shall be the duty of the
General Assembly to enact
the same in articles and sec-
tions, in the same manner as
the said code is arranged;
and to provide for the pub-
lication of all additions and ,
alterations which may be
made to the said code.
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Sec. 17. The style of all
laws of this State shall be,
"Be it enacted by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland,"
and all laws shall be passed
by original bill, and every
law enacted by the Legis-
lature shall embrace but one
subject, and that shall be
described in the title, and
no law or section of law shall
be revived, amended or re-
pealed by reference to its
title or section only; and it
shall be the duty of the Leg-
islature, at the first ses-
sion after the adoption of
this constitution, to appoint
two commissioners learned
in the law, to revise and
codify the laws of this State;
and the said commissioners
shall report the said code,
so' formed, to the Legisla-
ture, within a time to be by
it determined for its appro-
val, amendment, or rejec-
tion; and, if adopted after
the revision and codification
of the said laws, it shall be
the duty of the Legislature,
in amending any article or
section thereof, to enact the
same as the said article or
section would read when
amended. And whenever the
Legislature shall enact any
public general law, not
amendatory of any section
or article in the said code,
it shall be the duty of the
Legislature to enact the
same in articles and sections,
in the same manner as the
said code may be arranged;
and to provide for the pub-
lication of all additions and
alterations which may be
made to the said code, and
it shall also be the duty of
the Legislature to appoint
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11. That the senate may
be at full and perfect liberty
to exercise their judgment
in passing laws, and that
they may not be compelled
by the house of delegates
either to reject a money bill
which the emergency of af-
fairs may require, or to as-
sent to some other act of
legislation, in their consci-
ence and judgment injurious
to the public welfare; the
house of delegates shall not
on any occasion, or under
any pretence, annex to, or
blend with a money bill, any
matter, clause, or thing, not
immediately relating to, and
necessary for the imposing,
assessing, levying or apply-
ing the taxes or supplies, to
be raised for the support of
government, or the current
expences of the State; and
to prevent altercation about
such bills, it is declared, that
no bill imposing duties or
customs for the mere regula-
tion of commerce, or inflic-
ting fines for the reforma-
tion, of morals, or to enforce
the , execution of the laws,
by which an incidental rev-
enue may arise, shall be ac-
counted a money bill; but
every bill assessing, levying
or applying taxes or supplies
for the support of govern-
ment, or the current ex-
pences of the State, or ap-
propriating money in the
treasury, shall be deemed a
money bill.
57. That the stile of all
laws run thus, "Be it enacted
by the general assembly of
Maryland;" That all public
commissions and grants run
thus, "The State of Mary-
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