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[Art. 3, Sec. 52] MARYLAND MANUAL 695 Each Supplementary Appropriation Bill shall be presented to the Governor of the State as provided in Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution and thereafter all the pro- visions of said section shall apply. (9) Nothing in this section shall be construed as pre- venting the General Assembly from passing at any time, in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 of Article 3 of the Constitution and subject to the Governor's power of approval as provided in Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution, an appropriation bill to provide for the pay- ment of any obligation of the State within the protection of Section 10 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States. (10) If the Budget Bill shall not have been finally acted upon by the Legislature three days before the expiration of its regular session, the Governor may, and it shall be his duty to issue a proclamation extending the session for some further period as may, in his judgment, be necessary for the passage of such bill; but no other matter than such bill shall be considered during such extended session except a provision for the cost thereof. (II) The Governor for the purpose of making up his Budget shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to require from the proper State officials, including herein all executive departments, all executive and administrative of- fices, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies, expend- ing or supervising the expenditure of, and all institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations, such item- ized estimates and other information, in such form and at such times as he shall direct. The estimates for the Legisla- tive Department, certified by the presiding officer of each House, of the Judiciary, as provided by law, certified by the Comptroller, and for the public schools, as provided by law, shall be transmitted to the Governor, in such form and at such times as he shall direct, and shall be included in the Budget without revision. (12) The Governor may provide for public hearings on all estimates and may require the attendance at such hear- ings of representatives of all agencies, and for all institu- tions applying for State moneys. After such public hearings he may, in his discretion, revise all estimates except those for the legislative and judiciary departments, and for the public schools, as provided by law. (13) The General Assembly may, from time to time, enact such laws not inconsistent with this section, as may be necessary and proper to carry out its provisions. |
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