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Art. 3] MARYLAND MANUAL 597
SEC. 50. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly,
at its first session, held after the adoption of this Constitu-
tion, to provide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or im-
prisonment in the Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of
the Court, of any person, who shall bribe, or attempt to
bribe, any Executive, or Judicial officer of the State of
Maryland, or any member, or officer, of the General Assem-
bly of the State of Maryland, or of any Municipal corpora-
tion in the State of Maryland, or any Executive officer of
such corporation, in order to influence him in the perfor-
mance of any of his official duties; and, also, to provide by
Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment in the
Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the Court, of any
of said officers, or members, who shall demand, or receive
any bribe, fee, reward, or testimonial, for the performance
of his official duties, or for neglecting, or failing to perform
the same; and, also, to provide by Law for compelling any
person, so bribing, or attempting to bribe, or so demanding,
or receiving a bribe, fee, reward, or testimonial, to testify
against any person, or persons, who may have committed
any of said offenses; provided, that any person, so compelled
to testify, shall be exempted from trial and punishment for
the offence, of which he may have been guilty; and any
person, convicted of such offense, shall, as part of the pun-
ishment thereof, be forever disfranchised and disqualified
from holding any office of trust, or profit, in this State.
1 SEC. 51. The personal property of residents of this
State, shall be subject to taxation in the County or City
where the resident bona fide resides for the greater part of
the year for which the tax may or shall be levied, and not
elsewhere, except goods and chattels permanently located,
which shall be taxed in the City or County where they are
so located, but the General Assembly may by law provide
for the taxation of mortgages upon property in this State
and the debts secured thereby, in the County or City where
such property is situated.
"SEC. 52. (1) The General Assembly shall not appro-
priate any money out of the Treasury except in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(2) Every appropriation bill shall be either a Budget
Bill, or a Supplementary Appropriation Bill, as hereinafter
provided.
* (3) On the third Wednesday in January in each year,
(except in the case of a newly elected Governor, and then
'Thus amended by Chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified November 8, 1891.
' 2 Thus amended by Chapter 497, Acts of 1947, ratified November 2, 1948.
Thus amended by Chapter 161, Acts of 1964, ratified November 3, 1964.

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