now levied, or which may hereafter be levied, to pay off the
public debt [or] to any other purposes until the interest
and debt are fully paid or the sinking fund shall be equal
to the amount of the outstanding debt; but the General As-
sembly may, without laying a tax, borrow an amount never
to exceed fifty thousand dollars to meet temporary defici-
encies in the Treasury, and may contract debts to any
amount that may be necessary for the defence of the State.
And provided further that nothing• in this section shall be
construed to prohibit the raising of funds for the purpose
of aiding or compensating in such manner or way as the
General Assembly of the State shall deem proper, those
citizens of the State who have served, with honor, their
country and State in time of war; provided, however, that
such action of the General Assembly shall be effective only
when submitted to and approved by a vote of the people of
the State at the General Election next following the enact-
ment of such legislation. 1.

SEC. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or al-
lowed by the General Assembly to any public officer, agent,
servant or contractor, after the service shall have been ren-
dered, or the contract entered into; nor shall the salary or
compensation of any public officer be increased or dimin-
ished during his term of office..

SEC. 35A. Nothing in this Constitution shall exempt the
salary or compensation of any judge or other public officer
from the imposition by the General Assembly of a non-
discriminatory tax upon income. 2.

SEC. 36. No lottery grant shall ever hereafter be au-
thorized by the General Assembly..

SEC. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no law pro-
viding for payment by this State 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..

1 Thus amended by Chapter 327, Acts of 1924, ratified by the people November
4, 1924..

2 Thus added by Chapter 771, 1939, ratified by the people at the November
election, 1940..