bureaus, and agencies during each fiscal year. Subject to the
approval of the Board of Public Works AND AS PRO-
VIDED BY LAW, the State Treasurer is authorized to make
and sell short-term notes for temporary emergencies, but
such notes must only be made to provide for appropriations
already made by the General Assembly. The General As-
sembly may contract debts to any amount that may be neces-
sary for the defense 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 enactment of such legislation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of this State shall be, at the next general election, to be
held in this State in the year 1960, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of directions contained in Article 14 of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendment shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words "For
the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment", as now prescribed by law, and immedi-
ately after said election, due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said proposed amend-
ment, as directed by said Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved March 24,1959.

EXPLANATION : Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.

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CHAPTER 373
(Senate Bill 286)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article 4 of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, title "Judiciary Department", by
adding new Section. 41 C thereto, to follow immediately
after Section 41B thereof, to be under the new sub-title
"Part V-B—Municipal Court", creating a Municipal Court