the Executive Department; (3) for the Judiciary Depart-
ment, as provided by law, certified to the Governor by the
Comptroller; (4) to pay and discharge the principal and in-
terest of the debt of the State of Maryland in conformity
with Section 34 of Article III of the Constitution, and all
laws enacted in pursuance thereof; (5) for the salaries pay-
able by the State under the Constitution and laws of the
State; (6) for the establishment and maintenance through-
out the State of a thorough and efficient system of public
schools in conformity with Article VIII of the Constitution
and with the laws of the State; (7) for such other purposes
as are set forth in the Constitution of the State..

Third. The second part shall be designated "General Ap-
propriations," and shall include all other estimates of ap-
propriations..

The Governor shall deliver to the presiding officer of each
House the budgets and a bill for all the proposed appropria-
tions of the budgets clearly itemized and classified; and the
presiding" officer of each House shall promptly cause said
bill to be introduced therein, and such bill shall be known
as the "Budget Bill." The Governor may, before final action
thereon by the General Assembly amend or supplement
either of said budgets to correct an oversight or in case of
an emergency, with the consent of the General Assembly by
delivering such an amendment or supplement to the presid-
ing officers of both Houses; and such amendment or supple-
ment shall thereby become a part of said budget bill as an
addition to the items of said bill or as a modification of or a
substitute for any item of said bill such amendment or
supplement may effect..

The General Assembly shall not amend the budget bill so
as to affect either the obligations of the State under Sec-
tion 34 of Article III of the Constitution, or the provisions
made by the laws of the State for the establishment and
maintenance of a system of public schools, or the payment
of any salaries required to be paid by the State of Maryland
by the Constitution thereof; and the General Assembly may
amend the bill by increasing or diminishing the items there-
in relating to the General Assembly, and by increasing the
items therein relating to the judiciary, but except as here-
inbefore specified, may not alter the said bill except to
strike out or reduce items therein, provided, however, that
the salary or compensation of any public officer shall not be
decreased during his term of office; and such bill when and
as passed by both Houses shall be a law immediately with-
out further action by the Governor..