provisions of this Constituiton; 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 here-
after 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 Genera] 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,
to provide by law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment
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 official 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 testimonial for the performance of his
official duties, or for neglecting or failing to perform the same;
and also, to provide by law for compelling any person so brib-
ing, or attempting 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 ex-
empted 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 dis-
franchised 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
Genera] Assembly may by law provide for the taxation of

* Thus amended by Act of 1890, Chapter 195, ratified by the people November 3, 1891.