of the General Assembly, before final action thereon by
the General Assembly, amend or supplement said Budget
to correct an oversight, provide funds contingent on pass-
age of pending legislation or, in case of an emergency, by
delivering such an amendment or supplement to the pre-
siding officers of both Houses; and such amendment or
supplement shall thereby become a part of said Budget
Bill as an addition to the items of said bill or as a modi-
fication of or a substitute for any item of said bill such
amendment or supplement may affect..

(6) The General Assembly shall not amend the Budget
Bill so as to affect either the obligations of the State under
Section 34 of Article 3 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
without further action by the Governor..

(7) The Governor and such representatives of the execu-
tive departments, boards; officers and commissions of the
State expending or applying for State's moneys, as have
been designated by the Governor for this purpose, shall
have the right, and when requested by either House of the
General Assembly, it shall be their duty to appear and be
heard with respect to any Budget Bill during the considera-
tion thereof, and to answer inquiries relative thereto..

(8) Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Neither House
shall consider other appropriations until the Budget Bill
has been finally acted upon by both Houses, and no such
other appropriation shall be valid except in accordance with
the provisions following: (a) Every such appropriation
shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single
work, object or purpose therein stated and called herein a
Supplementary Appropriation Bill; (b) Each Supplemen-
tary Appropriation Bill shall provide the revenue neces-
sary to pay the appropriation thereby made 1 a tax, direct.

1 The word "by" apparently omitted..