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Works to direct the State Treasurer to borrow in
the name of the State, in anticipation of the col-
lection of taxes, such sum or sums as may be nec-
essary to meet temporary deficiencies in the trea-
sury, to preserve the best interest of the State in
the conduct of the various State institutions,
departments, bureaus, and agencies during each
fiscal year. Subject to the approval of the Board
of Public Works and as provided by law, the
State Treasurer is authorized to make and sell
short-term notes for temporary emergencies, but
such notes must only be made to provide for
appropriations already made by the General As-
sembly. The General Assembly may contract
debts to any amount that may be necessary for
the defense of the State, and provided further that
nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit the raising of funds for the purpose of aid-
ing or compensating in such manner or way as
the General Assembly of the State shall deem
proper, those citizens of the State who have
served, with honor, their Country and State in
time of War; provided, however, that such action
of the General Assembly shall be effective only
when submitted to and approved by a vote of the
people of the State at the General Election next
following the enactment of such legislation.
SEC. 35" Extra compensation may not be
granted or allowed by the General Assembly to
any public Officer, Agent, Servant or Contractor,
after the service has been rendered, or the con-
tract entered into; nor may the salary or compen-
sation of any public officer be increased or dimin-
ished during his term of office except those whose
full term of office is fixed by law in excess of 4
years. However, after January 1, 1956, for
services rendered after that date, the salary or
compensation of any appointed public officer of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may be
increased or diminished at any time during his
term of office; except that as to officers in the
Classified City Service, when the salary of any
appointed public officer of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore however, increased or de-
creased, it may not again be increased or de-
creased, as the case may be, during the term of
such public officer.
SEC. 35A.^ Nothing in this Constitution shall
exempt the salary or compensation of any judge
or other public officer from the imposition by the
General Assembly of a non-discriminatory tax
upon income.
" Thus amended by Chapter 976, Acts of 1978, ratified No-
vember 7,1978.
" Thus added by Chapter 771, Acts of 1939, ratified November
5,1940.

Article III
SEC. 36.^ No Lottery grant shall ever hereaf-
ter be authorized by the General Assembly, un-
less it is a lottery to be operated by and for the
benefit of the State.
SEC. 37." Vacant.
SEC. 38." No person shall be imprisoned for
debt, but a valid decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction or agreement approved by decree of
said court for the support of a wife or dependent
children, or for the support of an illegitimate
child or children, or for alimony, shall not consti-
tute a debt within the meaning of this section.
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 authorizing private property to be taken for
public use without 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.
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 en-
titled to such compensation, but where such
property is situated in Baltimore City and is de-
sired by this State or by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, the General Assembly may
provide that such property may be taken immedi-
ately 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 property, pro-
vided 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
" Thus amended by Chapter 364, Acts of 1972, ratified No-
vember 7,1972.
" Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified November 7,
1978.
" Thus amended by Chapter 121, Acts of 1962, ratified No.
vernber 7,1972.
" Thus amended by Chapter 151, Acts of Sp. Sess. of 1936,
ratified November 3,1936.
" Thus amended by Chapter 304, Acts of 1966, ratified No-
vember 8,1966.