MARYLAND MANUAL 535
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 sections, in the same manner as the Code is
arranged, and to provide for the publication of all additions
and alterations which may be made to the said Code.
SEC. 30. Every bill, when passed by the General Assembly,
and sealed with the Great Seal, shall be presented to the
Governor, who, if he approves it, shall sign the same in the
presence of the presiding officers and chief clerks of the Senate
and House of Delegates. Every law shall bo recorded in the
office of the Court of Appeals, and in due time be printed,
published and certified under the Great Seal, to the several
courts, in the same manner as has been heretofore usual in this
State.
SEC. 31. No law passed by the General Assembly shall
take effect until the first day of June next after the session at
which it may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly de-
clared therein.
SEC. 32. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of
the State by any order or resolution, nor except in accordance
with an appropration by law; and every such law shall dis-
tinctly specify the sum appropriation and object to which
it shall be applied; provided, that nothing herein contained
shall prevent the General Assembly from placing a contin-
gent fund at the disposal of the Executive, who shall report
to the General Assembly at each session the amount expended,
and the purposes to which it was applied. An accurate state-
ment of the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall
be attached to and published with the laws after each regular
session of the General Assembly.
SEC. 33. The General Assembly shall not pass local or
special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, viz.:
For extending the time for the collection of taxes, granting
divorces, changing the name of any person, providing for the
sale of real estate belonging to minors or other persons labor-
ing under legal disabilities, by executors, administrators,
guardians or trustees, giving effect to informal or invalid
deeds or wills, refunding money paid into the State Treasury,
or releasing persons from their debts or obligations to the State,
unless recommended by the Governor or officers of the Treas-
ury Department. And the General Assembly shall pass no
special law for any case for which provision has been made by
an existing general law. The General Assembly, at its first
session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall pass
general laws providing for the cases enumerated in this section
which are not already adequately provided for, and for all
other cases where a general law can be made applicable.
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