xlii CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. 3_

pealed; provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed to
extend to Banks, or the incorporation thereof.

New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal & Iron Co., 37 Md. 537. Mon-
tell & Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co., 39 Md. 164. State v. Northern Central R..
R. Co., 44 Md. 131.

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 hold-
ing 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 pro-
vide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment in the
Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the Court, of any per-
son, 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 pro-
vide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment in the
Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the Co art, 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 offences; provided, that
any person, so compelled to testify, shall be exempted from trial
and punishment for the offence, 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 disquali-
fied from holding any office of trust or profit in this State.

SEC. 51. 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.