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chattels permanently located, which shall be taxed in the city or
county where they are so located.

SEC. 52. The General Assembly shall appropriate no money
out of the Treasury for payment of any private claim against the-
State exceeding three hundred dollars, unless said claim shall
have been first presented to the Comptroller of the Treasury,,
together with the proofs upon which the same is founded, and
reported upon by him.

SEC. 53. No person shall be incompetent, as a witness, on
account of race or color, unless hereafter so declared by Act of"
the General Assembly.

SEC. 54. No County of this State shall contract any debt, or
obligation, in the construction of any Railroad, Canal, or other
Work of Internal Improvement, nor give, or loan its credit to, or
in aid of any association, or corporation, unless authorized by an
Act of the General Assembly, which shall be published for two
months before the next election for members of the House of
Delegates in the newspapers published in such County, and shall
also be approved by a majority of all the members elected to-
each House of the General assembly at its next Session after said
election.

SEC. 55. The General Assembly shall pass no Law suspending
the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

SEC. 56. The General Assembly shall have power to pass all
such Laws as may be necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the powers vested by this Constitution, in any Depart-
ment or office of the Government, and the duties imposed upon
them thereby.

SEC. 57. The Legal Rate of Interest shall be six per cent, per-
anmm, unless otherwise provided by the General Assembly.

Bandel v. Isaac, 13 Md. 202. Birmingham v. Md. Land & Perm. Home-
stead Asso, of Balto. Co, 45 Md. 541. Citizens' Security & Land Co. t). Uhler,.
48 Md. 455.

SEC. 58. The Legislature, at its first session after the ratifi-
cation of this Constitution, shall provide by Law for State and