[35A. Nothing in this Constitution shall exempt the sal-
ary or compensation of any judge or other public officer from
the imposition by the General Assembly of a non-discriminatory
tax upon income.?

SEC. 36. No lottery grant shall ever hereafter be authorized
by the General Assembly.

SEC. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no law providing
for payment by this Stage for slaves emancipated from servitude
in this State; but they shall adopt such measures as they may
deem expedient to obtain from the United States compensation
for such slaves, and to receive and distribute the same equitably
to the persons entitled.

SEC. 38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.

SEC. 39. The books, papers and accounts of all banks shall
be open to inspection under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law.+

SEC. 40. The General Assembly shall enact no law author-
izing private property to be taken for public use, without
just compensation as agreed upon between the parties, or
awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation.

SEC. 40A. The General Assembly shall enact no law au-
thorizing private property to be taken for public use without
just compensation, to be agreed upon between the parties or
awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the party
entitled to such compensation, but where such property is
situated in Baltimore city and is desired by this State or by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the General As-
sembly may provide for the appointment of appraisers by a
Court of Record to value such property, and that, upon pay-
ment of the amount of such valuation to the party entitled
to compensation, or into Court and securing the payment of
any further sum that may be awarded by a jury, such prop-
erty may be taken.*

SEC. 41. Any citizen of this State who shall, after the
adoption of this Constitution, either in or out of this State,
fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a chal-
lenge so to do, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid
or assist in any manner those offending, shall ever thereafter
be incapable of holding any office of profit or trust under this
State, unless relieved from the disability by an Act of the
Legislature.

(i) This amendment was submitted by Ch. 771, 1939, and will be voted upon by the people
November, 1940..

+ Thus amended by Chapter 151, of the Acts of the Special Session of 1936 and ratified by
the people November 3, 1936..

* Thus added by Chapter 402, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people November 4, 1913..