134 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. III

and Calvert, which have had no direct advantage from such
works as have been heretofore aided by the State; and pro-
vided 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 deficiences in the Treasury, and may
contract debts to any amount that may be necessary for the
defence of the State.
State v. Hendrickson, 15 Md. 205.

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 compensa-
tion 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.
Lucas v. McBlair, 12 G. & J. 1.

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

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

State v Mace, 5 Md. 337. Trail v. Snouffer, 6 Md. 308. State v. Nichol-
son, 67 Md. 1.

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 liabili-
ties 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.