SEC. 30. Every bill, when passed by the General Assembly,
and sealed with the Great Seal, shall be presented by the presid-
ing officer of the House in which it originated to the Governor
for his approval. All bills passed during a regular or special ses-
sion shall be presented to the Governor for his approval no later
than 20 days after adjournment. Within 30 days after present-
ment, if the Governor approves the bill, he shall sign the same in
the presence of the presiding officers and Chief Clerks of the
Senate and House of Delegates. Every Law shall be recorded in
the office of the Court of Appeals, and in due time, be printed,
published and certified under the Great Seal, to the several
Courts, in the same manner as has been heretofore usual in this
State.

SEC. 31. A Law passed by the General Assembly shall
take effect the first day of June next after the session at which it
may be passed, unless it be otherwise expressly declared therein
or provided for in this Constitution.

SEC. 32. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the
State, by any order or resolution, nor except in accordance with
an appropriation by Law; and every such Law shall distinctly
specify the sum appropriated, and the object, to which it shall be
applied; provided, that nothing herein contained, shall prevent
the General Assembly from placing a contingent fund at the dis-
posal of the Executive, who shall report to the General Assem-
bly, at each Session, the amount expended, and the purposes to
which it was applied. An accurate statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the public money, shall be attached to, and pub-
lished with the Laws, after each regular Session of the General
Assembly.

SEC. 33. The General Assembly shall not pass local, or spe-
cial Laws, in any of the following enumerated cases, viz.: For
extending the time for the collection of taxes; granting divorces;
changing the name of any person; providing for the sale of real
estate, belonging to minors, or other persons laboring under le-
gal disabilities, by executors, administrators, guardians or trust-
ees; giving effect to informal, or invalid deeds or wills; refunding
money paid into the State Treasury, or releasing persons from
their debts, or obligations to the State, unless recommended by
the Governor, or officers of the Treasury Department. And the
General Assembly shall pass no special Law, for any case, for
which provision has been made, by an existing General Law.
The General Assembly, at its first Session after the adoption of
this Constitution, shall pass General Laws, providing for the
cases enumerated in this section, which are not already ade-
quately provided for, and for all other cases, where a General
Law can be made applicable.

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SEC. 34. No debt shall be hereafter contracted by the Gen-
eral Assembly unless such debt shall be authorized by a law pro-
viding for the collection of an annual tax or taxes sufficient to
pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to dis-
charge the principal thereof within fifteen years from the time of
contracting the same; and the taxes laid for this purpose shall
not be repealed or applied to any other object until the said debt
and interest thereon shall be fully discharged. The annual tax or
taxes required to be collected shall not be collected in the event
that sufficient funds to pay the principal and interest on the debt
are appropriated for this purpose in the annual State budget.
The credit of the State shall not in any manner be given, or
loaned to, or in aid of any individual association or corporation;
nor shall the General Assembly have the power to involve the

State in the construction of works of internal improvement
which shall involve the faith or credit of the State, except in aid
of the construction of works of internal improvement in the
counties of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert, which have had no
direct advantage from such works as have been heretofore aided
by the State; and provided that such aid, advances or appropria-
tions shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars. And they shall not use or appropriate the pro-
ceeds of the internal improvement companies, or of the State
tax, now levied, or which may hereafter be levied, to pay off the
public debt or to any other purpose until the interest and debt
are fully paid or the sinking fund shall be equal to the amount of
the outstanding debt; but the General Assembly may authorize
the Board of Public Works to direct the State Treasurer to bor-
row in the name of the State, in anticipation of the collection of
taxes or other revenues, including proceeds from the sale of
bonds, such sum or sums as may be necessary to meet tempo-
rary deficiencies in the treasury, to preserve the best interest of
the State in the conduct of the various State institutions, depart-
ments, 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 —in the name of the State, in anticipation of the col-
lection of taxes or other revenues, including proceeds from the
sale of bonds to meet temporary deficiencies in the Treasury, but
such notes must only be made to provide for appropriations al-
ready made by the General Assembly. Any revenues anticipated
for the purpose of short-term notes, made and sold under the
authority of this section, must be so certain as to be readily esti-
mable as to the time of receipt of the revenues and as to the
amount of the revenues. 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 prohibit the raising of funds for the purpose of
aiding 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 ap-
proved by a vote of the people of the State at the General Elec-
tion next following the enactment of such legislation.

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SEC. 35. Extra compensation may not be granted or al-
lowed by the General Assembly to any public Officer, Agent,
Servant or Contractor, after the service has been rendered, or
the contract entered into; nor may the salary or compensation of
any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of
office except those whose full term of office is fixed by law in ex-
cess of 4 years. However, after January 1, 1956, for services ren-
dered after that date, the salary or •"—ipe-'sation of any ap-
pointed 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 Ser-
vice, when the salary of any appointed public officer of the May-
or and City Council of Baltimore however, increased or de-
creased, it may not again be increased or decreased, as the case
may be, during the term of such public officer.

SEC. 3SA. 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.