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object until the said debt and interest thereon shall be fully discharged.
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 in any mode to involve the State in
the construction of Works of Internal Imporvement, nor in granting
any aid thereto, which shall involve the faith or credit of the State;
nor make any appropriation therefor, 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 appropriations shall not exceed in the aggregate
The sum of five hundred thousand dollars. And they shall not use or
appropriate the proceeds 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, without laying a tax,
borrow an amount never to exceed fifty thousand dollars to meet
temporary deticiences in the Treasury, and may contract debts to any
amount that may be necessary for the defence of the State.

Sec. 35. No extra compensation shall be granted or allowed by the
General Assembly to any public Officer, Agent, Servant or Contractor,
after the service shall have been rendered, or the contract entered into;
nor shall the salary or compensation of any public officer be increased
or diminished during his term of office.

Sec. 36. No Lottery grant shall ever hereafter be authorized by
the General Assembly.

Sec. 37. The General Assembly shall pass no Law providing for
payment by this State for Slaves emancipated from servitude in this
State; but they shall adopt such measures as they may deem expedient
to obtain from the United States compensation for such Slaves, and to
receive and distribute the same equitably to the persons entitled.

Sec. 38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.

Sec. 39. The General Assembly shall grant no charter for Banking
purposes, nor renew any Banking Corporation now in existence, except
upon the condition that the Stockholders shall be liable to the amount
of their respective share or shares of stock in such Banking Institution,
for all its debts and liabilities upon note, bill or otherwise; 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. 41. Any Citizen of this State who shall, after the adoption
of this Constitution, either in or out of this State, fight a duel with