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 offi-
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 he
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 situated. *

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 1800, ratified by the people
November 3,1891.