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constructed by the said Commission, the General Assembly may
provide that such property, except any building or buildings may
be taken immediately upon payment therefor by the condemning
authority to the owner or owners thereof or into the Court to the
use of the person or persons entitled thereto, such amount as the
condemning authority shall estimate to be the fair value of said
property, provided such legislation requires that the condemning
authority's estimate be not less than the appraised value of the
property being taken as evaluated by at least one qualified
appraiser, whose qualifications have been accepted by a Court of
Record of this State, and also requires the payment of any further
sum that may subsequently be awarded by a jury, and provided
such legislation limits the condemning authority's utilization of
the acquisition procedures specified in this section to occasions
where it has acquired or is acquiring by purchase or other
procedures one-half or more of the several takings of land or
interests in land necessary for any given water supply, sewerage
or drainage extension or construction project.
SEC. 40D." Vacant.
SEC. 41.'" Vacant.
SEC. 42.70 Vacant.
SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected from the
debts of her husband.
SEC. 44.71 Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly, to
protect from execution a reasonable amount of the property of the
debtor.
SEC. 45.72 The General Assembly shall provide a simple and
uniform system of charges in the offices of Clerks of Courts and
Registers of Wills, in the Counties of this State and the City of
Baltimore, and for the collection thereof; provided, the amount of
compensation to any of the said officers in the various Counties
and in the City of Baltimore shall be such as may be prescribed by
law.
SEC. 46. The General Assembly shall have power to receive
from the United States, any grant, or donation of land, money, or
securities for any purpose designated by the United States, and
shall administer, or distribute the same according to the condi-
tions of the said grant.
SEC. 47.73 Vacant.
SEC. 48.74 Corporations may be formed under general laws, but
shall not be created by Special Act, except for municipal purposes
and except in cases where no general laws exist, providing for the
creation of corporations of the same general character, as the
corporation proposed to be created; and any act of incorporation
passed in violation of this section shall be void. All charters
granted, or adopted in pursuance of this section, and all charters
heretofore granted and created, subject to repeal or modification,
may be altered, from time to time, or be repealed; Provided,
nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to Banks,
or the incorporation thereof. The General Assembly shall not
alter or amend the charter, of any corporation existing at the time
of the adoption of this Article, or pass any other general or special
law for the benefit of such corporation, except upon the condition
that such corporation shall surrender all claim to exemption from
taxation or from the repeal or modification of its charter, and that
"Repealed by Chapter 683, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978.
"Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7, 1978.
transferred to Article I, sec. 7, by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977,
ratified Nov. 7, 1978.
71 Amended by Chapter 549, Acts of 1976, ratified Nov. 2, 1976.
"Amended by Chapter 509, Acts of 1941, ratified Nov. i, 1942.
"Transferred to Article I, sec. 8, by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977,
ratified Nov. 7, 1978.
"Amended by Chapter 195, Acts of 1890, ratified Nov. 3, 1891.
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such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the
provisions of this Constitution; and any corporation chartered by
this State which shall accept, 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
conclusively presumed to have thereby surrendered any exemp-
tion from taxation to which it may be entitled under 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 Constitution, all matters which
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 Assembly, 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 officer of the State of Maryland, or any member, or
officer, of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, or of
any Municipal corporation in the State of Maryland, 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 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 offense, of which he may have been guilty;
and any person, convicted 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. 51.7' 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. 52.7' (1) The General Assembly shall not appropriate 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)77 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 extended 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 complete
plan of proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for said
fiscal year and shall show the estimated surplus or deficit of
revenues at the end of the preceding fiscal year. Accompanying
each Budget shall be a statement showing: (a) the revenues and
expenditures for the preceding fiscal year; (b) the current assets,
'"Amended by Chapter 426, Acts of 1890, ratified Nov. 3, 1891.
'"Amended by Chapter 159, Acts of 1916, ratified Nov. 7, 1916;
Chapter 497, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2, 1948.
77 Amended by Chapter 725, Acts of 1955, ratified Nov. 6, 1956;
Chapter 161, Acts of 1964, ratified Nov. 3, 1964.
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