138 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. III

New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal and Iron Co., 37 Md. 537
Montell & Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co , 39 Md. 164. State v Northern Cen-
tral R. R. Co , 44 Md. 131. Reed v Balto. Trust and Guarantee Co , 72
Md. 631. Jackson v. Walsh, 75 Md. 304. Webster v. Cambridge Female
Seminary, 78 Md. 193. Phinney v. Sheppard Hospital, 88 Md. 638. State
v. N C Ry. Co., 90 Md. 471. Scholle v. State, 90 Md. 734. Mealey v.
Hagerstown, 92 Md. 745.

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 holding elections in this State, and of making returns
thereof.
Lankford v Commrs. Somerset Co., 73 Md. 105.

Sec. 50. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly at its
first session, held after the adoption of this Constitution, to
provide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment
in the Penitentiary or both, in the discretion of the Court, of
any person 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
provide by Law for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment
in the Penitentiary, or both, in the discretion of the Court, 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 ^m_f
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
offense shall, as part of the punishment thereof, be forever
disfranchised and disqualified 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 chattels permanently located, which shall be taxed in
the city or county where they are so located.