may be increased or diminished at any time during his
term of office; except that as to officers in the Classified
City Service, when the salary of any appointed public officer
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be so
increased or decreased, it shall not again be increased or
decreased, as the case may be, during the term of such
public officer.(1)

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, but
a valid decree of a court of competent Jurisdiction or agree-
ment approved by decree of said court for the support of a
wife or dependent children, or for alimony, shall not con-
stitute a debt within the meaning of this section."

SEC. 39. The books, papers and accounts of all banks
shall be open to inspection under such regulations as may
be prescribed by law. (4)

SEC. 4O. The General Assembly shall enact no Law au-
thorizing private property to be taken for public use with-
out just compensation, as agreed upon between the parties,
or awarded by a jury, being first paid or tendered to the
party entitled to such compensation.

SEC. 40A. The General Assembly shall enact no law au-
thorizing private property to be taken for public use with-
out just Compensation, to be agreed upon between the par-
ties, or awarded by a Jury, being first paid or tendered to
the party entitled to such compensation, but where such
property is situated in Baltimore City and is desired by this
State or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the

1 Thus amended by Chapter 416, Acts of 1957, ratified November 4, 1958.
2Thus added by Chapter 771, Acts of 1939. ratified November 5. 1940.
3Thus amended by Chapter 14, Acts of 195O. ratified Nov. 7, 1950.
4 Thus amended by Chapter 151, Acts of Sp. SMB. of 1936. ratified Nov. 3, 1986.