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MARYLAND MANUAL. 387 to provide by law for the punishment, by fine, or imprison ment in the penitentiary, 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 of fi cial duties; and also, to provide by 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 tes timonial for the performance of his official duties, or for neglecting or failing to perform the same; and also, to pro vide by law for compelling any person so bribing, or attempt ing 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 person 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 offense shall, as part of the punishment thereof, be forever disfranchised 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, ex cept goods and chattels permanently located, which shall be taxed in the city or county where they are so located, but the General Assembly may by law provide for the taxation of mortgages upon property in this State and the debts secured thereby in the county or city ‘where such property is sit uated.* SEC. 52. The General Assembly shall not appropriate any money out of the Treasury except in accordance with the following provisions: Sub-Section A: Every appropriation bill shall be either a Budget Bill, or a Supplementary Appropriation Bill, as here inafter mentioned. Sub-Section B: First Within twenty days after the con vening of the General Assembly (except in the case of a newly elected Governor, and then within thirty days after his inauguration), unless such time shall be extended by the * Thus amended by Chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified by the people November 3. 1891. |
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