mentary Appropriation Bill; (2) Each Supplementary Appro-
priation Bill shall provide the revenue necessary to pay the
appropriation thereby made by a tax, direct or indirect, to be
laid and collected as shall be directed in said Bill; (3) No Sup-
plementary Appropriation Bill shall become a law unless it be
passed in each House by a vote of a majority of the whole
number of the members elected; and the yeas and nays re-
corded on its final passage; (4) Each Supplementary Appro-
priation Bill shall be presented to the Governor of the State
as provided in Section 17 of Article II of the Constitution and
thereafter all the provisions of said Section shall apply.

Nothing in this amendment shall be construed as preventing
the Legislature from passing at any time in accordance with the
provisions of Section 28 of Article III of the Constitution and
subject to the Governor's power of approval as provided in
Section 17 of Article II of the Constitution an appropriation
bill to provide for the payment of any obligation of the State of
Maryland within the protection of Section 10 of Article I of the
Constitution of the United States.

Sub-Section D: General Provisions:—First. If the Budget
Bill shall not have been finally acted upon by the Legislature
three days before the expiration of its regular session, the
Governor may, and it shall be his duty to issue a proclama-
tion extending the session for such further period as may, in
his judgment, be necessary for the passage of such bill; but
no other matter than such bill shall be considered during such
extended session except a provision for the cost thereof.

Second. The Governor for the purpose of making up his bud-
gets shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to require
from the proper State officials, including herein all executive
departments, all executive and administrative offices, bureaus,
boards, commissions and agencies, expending or supervising the
expenditure of, and all institutions applying for State moneys
and appropriations, such itemized estimates and other in-
formation, in such form and at such times as he shall direct.
The estimates for the Legislative Department, certified by the
presiding officer of each House, of the Judiciary, as provided by
law, certified by the Comptroller, and for the public schools, as
provided by law, shall be transmitted to the Governor, in such
form and at such times as he shall direct, and shall be included
in the budget without revision.

The Governor may provide for public hearings on all esti-
mates and may require the attendance at such hearings of
representatives of all agencies, and of all institutions apply-
ing for State moneys. After such public hearings he may, in
his discretion, revise all estimates except those for the legis-
lative and judiciary departments, and for the public schools
as provided by law.