SEC. 49. The General 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
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

* Thus unmended by chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified by the people November 3, 1891.