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640 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 11-A created by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; nor shall the credit of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be given, or loaned to, or in aid of any individual, associ- ation, or corporation; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have the power to involve the City of Balti- more in the construction of works of internal improvement, nor in granting any aid thereto, which shall involve the faith and credit of the city, nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such debt or credit be authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, and by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, submitted to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, at such time and place as may be fixed by said ordinance, and approved by a majority of the votes cast at such time and place; such ordinance shall provide for the discharge of any such debt or credit within the period 'of forty (40) years from the time of contracting the same; but the Mayor and City Council may, temporarily, borrow any amount of money to meet any deficiency in the City Treasury, and may borrow any amount at any time to provide for any emergency arising from the necessity of maintaining the police, or pre- serving the health, safety and sanitary condition of the City, and may make due and proper arrangements and agreements for the renewal and extension, in whole or in part, of any and all debts and obligations created accord- ing to law before the adoption of this Constitution. SEC. 8. All Laws and Ordinances, now in force, applica- ble to the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article, shall be, and they are hereby continued until changed in due course of Law. SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes in this Article, except in Section seventh thereof, as it may deem best; and this Article shall not be so construed, or taken as to make the political corporation of Baltimore in- dependent of, or free from the control, which the General Assembly of Maryland has over all such Corporations in this State. 1 ARTICLE XI-A LOCAL LEGISLATION 2 SECTION 1. On demand of the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council of the City of Baltimore, or on petition bear- ' Added by Chapter 416, Acts of 1914, ratified. November 2, 1915. •Thus amended by Chapter 192. Acts of 1963, ratified November 3. 1964. |
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