Article III

ter subject to the provisions of this Constitution; and
any corporation chartered by this State which shall ac-
cept, use, enjoy, or in any wise avail itself of any rights,
privileges, or advantages that may hereafter be granted
or conferred by any general or special Act, shall be con-
clusively presumed to have thereby surrendered any ex-
emption from taxation to which it may be entitled un-
der its charter, and shall be thereafter subject to
taxation as if no such exemption has been granted by
its charter.

SEC. 49. The General Assembly shall have power to
regulate by Law, not inconsistent with this Constitu-
tion, all mallei!) wliich relate to the Judges of election,
time, place and manner of holding elections in this
State, and of making returns thereof.

SEC. 50. It shall be the duty of the General Assem-
bly, at its first session, held after the adoption of this
Constitution, to provide by Law for the punishment, by
fine, or imprisonment 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 of-
ficer of the State of Maryland, or any member, or offi-
cer, of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland,
or of any Municipal corporation in the State of Mary-
land, or any Executive officer of such corporation, in
order to influence him in the performance of any of his
official duties; and, also, to provide by Law for the pun-
ishment, 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 per-
form the same; and, also, to provide by Law for com-
pelling 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; provid-
ed, that any person, so compelled to testify, shall be
exempted from trial and punishment for the offense, of
which he may have been guilty; and any person, con-
victed of such offence, shall, as part of the punishment
thereof, be forever disfranchised and disqualified from
holding any office of trust, or profit, in this State.

SEC. 51.⁷³ 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 perma-
nently located, which shall be taxed in the City or
County where they are so located, but the General As-
sembly may by law provide for the taxation of mort-
gages upon property in this State and the debts secured
thereby, in the County or City where such property is
situated.

SEC. 52.⁷⁴ (1) The General Assembly shall not ap-
propriate any money out of the Treasury except in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this section.

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(2) Every appropriation bill shall be either a Budget
Bill, or a Supplementary Appropriation Bill, as herein-
after provided.

(3)⁷⁵ On the third Wednesday in January in each
year, (except in the case of a newly elected Governor,
and then not later than ten days after the convening of
the General Assembly), unless such time shall be ex-
tended by the General Assembly, the Governor shall
submit to the General Assembly a Budget for the next
ensuing fiscal year. Each Budget shall contain a com-
plete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated reve-
nues for said fiscal year and shall show the estimated
surplus or deficit of revenues at the end of the preced-
ing fiscal year. Accompanying each Budget shall be a
statement showing: (a) the revenues and expenditures
for the preceding fiscal year; (b) the current assets, lia-
bilities, reserves and surplus or deficit of the State; (c)
the debts and funds of the State; (d) an estimate of the
State's financial condition as of the beginning and end
of the preceding fiscal year; (e) any explanation the
Governor may desire to make as to the important fea-
tures of the Budget and any suggestions as to methods
for reduction or increase of the State's revenue.

(4)⁷⁶ Each Budget shall embrace an estimate of all
appropriations in such form and detail as the Governor
shall determine or as may be prescribed by law, as fol-
lows: (a) for the General Assembly as certified to the
Governor in the manner hereinafter provided; (b) for
the Executive Department; (c) for the Judiciary Depart-
ment, as provided by law, certified by the Comptroller;
(d) to pay and discharge the principal and interest of
the debt of the State in conformity with Section 34 of
Article 3 of the Constitution, and all laws enacted in
pursuance thereof; (e) for the salaries payable by the
State and under the Constitution and laws of the State;
(f) for the establishment and maintenance throughout
the State of a thorough and efficient system of public
schools in conformity with Article 8 of the Constitution
and with the laws of the State; (g) for such other pur-
poses as are set forth in the Constitution or laws of the
State.

(5)⁷⁷ The Governor shall deliver to the presiding of-
ficer of each House the Budget and a bill for all the
proposed appropriations of the Budget classified and in
such form and detail as he shall determine or as may be
prescribed by law; and the presiding officer of each
House shall promptly cause said bill to be introduced
therein, and such bill shall be known as the "Budget
Bill." The Governor may, with the consent of the Gen-
eral Assembly, before final action thereon by the Gener-
al Assembly, amend or supplement said Budget to cor-
rect an oversight, provide funds contingent on passage
of pending legislation or, in case of an emergency, by
delivering such an amendment or supplement to the
presiding officers of both Houses; and such amendment
or supplement shall thereby become a part of said Bud-