WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 249
Houses concurring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Section 38 of
Article 3, title "Legislative Department", of the Constitution of
Maryland, the same, if adopted by the legal and qualified
voters of the State, as herein provided, to become Section 38
of Article 3 of the Constitution of Maryland:
38. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, but a valid
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction OR AGREEMENT
APPROVED BY DECREE OF SAID COURT for the sup-
port of a wife or dependent children, or for alimony, shall not
constitute a debt within the meaning of this section.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing sec-
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
this State shall be, at the next general election, to be held in
this State in the year 1950, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of
directions contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of this
State, and at the said general election, the vote on the said
proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" and "Against the Constitutional Amendment", as
now prescribed by law, and immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as directed by said Article
14 of the Constitution.
Approved March 28, 1950.
CHAPTER 15
(Senate Bill 19)
AN ACT to repeal Section 258 of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1947 Supp.), title "Revenue and Taxes",
sub-title "Income Tax", and to enact in lieu thereof a new
Section 258 to follow immediately after Section 257B of
said Article, relating to distribution of tax.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 258 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supp.), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title
"Income Tax", be and the same is hereby repealed, and that
a new Section 258 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof,
EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike-out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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