[Art. 3, Sec. 51] MARYLAND MANUAL 417
of his official duties, or for neglecting, or failing to perform
the same; and also, to provide by Law for compelling any
person, so bribing, 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
of any said offenses; provided, that any person, so compelled
to testify shall be exempted 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 pun-
ishment thereof, be forever disfranchised 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, except 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.1
2SEC. 52. (1) The General Assembly shall not appro-
priate any money out of the Treasury except in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(2) Every appropriation bill shall be either a Budget
Bill, or a Supplementary Appropriation Bill, as hereinafter
provided.
(3) Within twenty days after the convening of the Gen-
eral Assembly in odd-numbered years, unless such time
shall be extended by the General Assembly, and on the first
Wednesday in February in even-numbered years, the Gov-
ernor shall submit to the General Assembly a Budget for
the next ensuing fiscal year. Each Budget shall contain a
complete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated rev-
enues for said fiscal year and shall show the estimated
surplus or deficit of revenues at the end of the preceding
fiscal year. Accompanying each Budget shall be a statement
showing: (a) the revenues and expenditures for the pre-
ceding fiscal year; (b) the current assets, liabilities, re-
serves and surplus or deficit of the State; (c) the debts
and funds of the State; (d) an estimate of the State's finan-
1 Thus amended by Chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified November 8, 1891.
2 Section 52 was amended by Chapter 497, Acts of 1947, ratified November
2, 1948; section 52 (3) was amended by Chapter 725, Acts of 1955, adopted by
the voters November 6, 1956.
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