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690 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3, Sec. 41] to the party entitled to such compensation, except that where such property, located in Prince George's County in this State, is in the judgment of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission needed for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems to be extended or constructed by the said Commission, the General Assembly may provide that such property, except any building or buildings may be taken immediately upon payment therefor by the condemn- ing authority to the owner or owners thereof or into the Court to the use of the person or persons entitled thereto, such amount as the condemning authority shall estimate to be the fair value of said property, provided such legislation requires that the condemning authority's estimate be not less than the appraised value of the property being taken as evaluated by at least one qualified appraiser, whose quali- fications have been accepted by a Court of Record of this State, and also requires the payment of any further sum that may subsequently be awarded by a jury, and provided such legislation limits the condemning authority's utiliza- tion of the acquisition procedures specified in this section to occasions where it has acquired or is acquiring by pur- chase or other procedures one-half or more of the several takings of land or interests in land necessary for any given water supply, sewerage or drainage extension or construc- tion project. SEC. 41. Any citizen of this State, who shall after the adoption of this Constitution, either in, or out of this State, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send, or accept a chal- lenge so to do, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid or assist in any manner, those offending, shall, ever thereafter, be incapable of holding any office of profit or trust, under this State, unless relieved from the disability by an act of the Legislature. SEC. 42. The General Assembly shall pass Laws neces- sary for the preservation of the purity of Elections. SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected from the debts of her husband. SEC. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly, to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the prop- erty of the debtor, not exceeding in value, the sum of five hundred dollars. ^ SEC. 45. The General Assembly shall provide a simple and uniform system of charges in the offices of Clerks of Courts and Registers of Wills, in the Counties of this State ' Thus amended by Chapter 509, Acts of 1941, ratified November 3, 1942. |
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