xl CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. 3.

ing, 2 Bl. 673. Hepburn's Case, 3 Bl. 95. Compton v. The Susquehanna
Railroad, 3 Bl 386 Baltimore v McKim, 3 Bl 453 Hamilton v. Annap-
olis & Elk Ridge Railroad Co, 1 Md Ch Dec 107 Harness v Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal Co, 1 Md. Ch Dec 248 Hamilton v Annapolis & Elk Ridge
Railroad Co, 1 Md. 653. Hoye v Swan's Lessee, 5 Md 237. Moale v Mayor,
&c., of Balto., 5 Md 314. Steuart v. Mayor, &c, of Balto., 7 Md 500. Graff
v. Mayor, &c., of Balto, 10 Md 544 Reddall v. Bryan, 14 Md. 444. Western
Md. R. R Co v Owings, 15 Md 199. Kane v. Mayor, &c, of Balto, 15 Md.
240. State v. Graves, 19 Md. 369. Douglass v. Boonsborough Turnpike R. Co.,
22 Md 229. Western Md R R. Co v Patterson, 37 Md. 125 State v. Con-
solidation Coal Co., 46 Md. 1. Mayor, &c. of Cumberland v. Willison, 50
Md. 138.

SEC. 41. Any citizen of this State who shall, after the adoption
of this Constitution, either in or ont of this State, fight a duel
with deadly weapons, or send or accept a challenge so to do, or
who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid or assist in any
manner those offending, shall ever thereafter be incapable of
holding any office of profit or trust under this State, unless
relieved from the disability by an Act of the Legislature.

SEC. 42. The General Assembly shall pass Laws necessary for
the preservation of the purity of Elections.

SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected from the
debts of her husband.

Schindel e Schindel, 12 Md 294. Steffey v. Steffey, 19 Md. 9. Kennedy v.
Lange, 50 Md. 91. Clark v. Wootton, 63 Md. 113.

SEC. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly, to
protect from execution a reasonable amount of the property of
the debtor, not exceeding in value, the sum of five hundred
dollars.

SEC. 45. 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 Coun-
ties, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars a year,
and in the City of Baltimore thirty-five hundred dollars a year,
over and above office expenses, and compensation to assistants;
and provided further, that such compensation of Clerks, Regis-