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[Art. 3, Sec. 38] MARYLAND MANUAL 617
United States, compensation for such Slaves, and to receive, and distribute the same, equitably, to the persons entitled. 1 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. 2 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. 3 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; and further provided that the authority and procedure for the immediate taking of property as it applies to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on June 1, 1961, shall re- main in force and effect to and including June 1, 1963, and where such property is situated in Baltimore County and is desired by Baltimore County, Maryland, the County Coun- cil of Baltimore County, Maryland, may provide for the ap- pointment of an appraiser or appraisers by a Court of Rec- ord to value such property and that upon payment of the amount of such evaluation, to the party entitled to compen- sation, or into Court, and securing the payment of any further sum that may be awarded by a jury, such property may be taken; and where such property is situated in Mont- "3 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, 1986. ' Thus amended by Chapter 304, Acts of 1966, ratified November 8, 1966, |
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