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588 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3, Sec. 35A] ^ 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. 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 the support of an illegiti- mate child or children, or for alimony, shall not constitute 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. SEC. 40. 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 authorizing private property to be taken for public use without just compensation, to be agreed upon between the parties, 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 General Assembly may provide that such property may be taken immediately upon payment therefor to the owner or owners thereof by the State or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or into court, such amount as the State or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall estimate to be the fair value of said prop- erty, provided such legislation also requires the payment of any further sum that may subsequently be added by a jury; 1 Thus added by Chapter 771, Acts of 1939, ratified November 5, 1940. »Thus amended by Chapter 121, Acts of 1962, ratified November 6, 1962. "Thus amended by Chapter 151, Acts of Sp. Sess. of 1936, ratified Nov. 3, 1936, « Thus amended by Chapter 100, Acts of 1962. ratified November 6, 1962. |
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