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3 of the Constitution, and all laws enacted in pursuance
thereof; (e) for the salaries payable by the State and un-
der the Constitution and laws of the State; (f) for the
establishment and maintenance throughout the State of
a thorough and efficient system of public schools in con-
formity with Article 8 of the Constitution and with the
laws of the State; (g) for such other purposes as are set
forth in the Constitution or laws of the State.
(5). The Governor shall deliver to the presiding officer
of each House the Budget and a bill for all the proposed
appropriations of the Budget classified and in such form
and detail as he shall determine or as may be prescribed
by law; and the presiding officer of each House shall
promptly cause said bill to be introduced therein, and such
bill shall be known as the "Budget Bill." The Governor
may, with the consent of the General Assembly, before
final action thereon by the General Assembly, amend or
supplement said Budget to correct an oversight, provide
funds contingent on passage of pending legislation or, in
case of an emergency, by delivering such an amendment
or supplement to the presiding officers of both Houses;
and such amendment or supplement shall thereby become
a part of said Budget Bill as an addition to the items of
said bill or as a modification of or a substitute for any item
of said bill such amendment or supplement may affect.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the State of Maryland shall at the next general elec-
tion to be held in November, 1952, be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters of the State, for their adoption or re-
jection, in pursuance of the directions contained in Article
14 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, and at the
said general election the vote on the said proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words "For the Constitu-
tional Amendment," and "Against the Constitutional
Amendment," as now provided by law, and immediately
after said election, due returns shall be made to the Gover-
nor of the vote for and against the said proposed amend-
ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen.
Approved March 28, 1952.
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