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386 MARYLAND MANUAL. penses shall always be paid out of the fees or receipts of the offices, respectively. SEC. 46. The General Assembly shall have power to re ceive 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 accord ing to the conditions of the said grant. SEC. 47. The General Assembly shall make provisions for all cases of contested elections of any of the officers, not herein provided for. SEC. 48. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes and except in cases where no general laws exist, providing for the creation of corporations of the same gen eral character as the corporation proposed to be created, and any act of incorporation passed in violation of this section shall be void; all charters granted or adopted in pursuance of this section, and all charters heretofore granted and cre ated subject to repeal or modification, may be altered from time to time, or be repealed; provided, nothing herein con tained shall be construed to extend to banks or the incor poration thereof; the General Assembly shall not alter or amend the charter of any corporation existing at the time of the adoption of this Article, or pass any other general or special law for the benefit of such corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall surrender all claim to exemption from taxation or from the repeal or modifica tion of its charter, and that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitu tion; and any corporation chartered by this State which shall accept, use, enjoy or in any wise avail itself of any rights, privileges, or advantages that may hereafter be granted or conferred by any general or special Act, shall be conclusively presumed to have thereby surrendered any ex emption from taxation to which it may be entitled under its charter, and shall be thereafter subject to taxation as if no such exemption has been granted by its charter*. SEC. 49. The General Assembly shall have power to regu late by law, not inconsistent with this Constitution, all mat ters which relate to the Judges of Election, time, place and manner of holding elections in this State, and of making re turns thereof. SEC. 50. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly at its first session, held after the adoption of this Constitution, * Thus amended by Chapter 195, Acts of 1890, ratifled by The people November 3, 1891. |
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