CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
[LEGISLATIVE BRANCH]
COMPARISON
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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peals, the Circuit Courts,
; the Court of Common
Pleas, the Superior Court,
and the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City, until
• otherwise provided by
law; and the said Clerks,
when duly elected and
qualified according to
law, shall have the charge
and custody of the rec-
ords and other papers
belonging to their re-
spective offices.
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Grants: From
United States.
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Sec. 46. The General
Assembly shall have
power to receive from
the United States, any
grant, or donation of
land, money, or securi-
ties for any purpose desig-
nated by the United
States, and shall admin-
ister, or distribute the
same according to the
conditions of the said
grant.
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Sec. 46. The General
Assembly shall have
power to receive from
the United States, any
grant, or donation of
land, money, or securi-
ties for any purpose desig-
nated by the United
States, and shall admin-
ister, or distribute the
same according to the
conditions of the said
grant.
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Sec. 45. The General
Assembly shall have
power to receive from
the United States any
grant or donation of land,
money or securities, for
any purpose designated
by the United States,
and shall administer or
distribute the same ac-
cording to the conditions
of the said grant.
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Sec. 48. The General
Assembly shall have
power to accept the ces-
sion of any territory con-
tiguous to this State,
from the States of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia,
or from the United
States, with the consent
of Congress, and of the
inhabitants of such ceded
territory, and in case of
such cessions the General
Assembly may divide each
territory into counties,
and shall provide for the
representation of the
same in the General As-
sembly, on the basis fixed
by this Constitution, and
may for that purpose
increase the number of
Senators and Delegates,
and the General Assembly
shall enact such laws as '
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