THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 91

annual salary as the General Assembly may from time to
time by law prescribe-; .[and shall reside at the Seat of
Government; and the office of Private Secretary shall
thenceforth cease.]

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of this State shall be, at the next general election, to
be held in this State in the year 1954, 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 to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amend-
ment", 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 12, 1954.

CHAPTER 43
(House Bill 1)

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the State Govern-
ment and for the aid of sundry schools and institutions and for
other purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth and subject to
the Public General Laws of Maryland relating to the Budget pro-
cedure, the several amounts hereinafter specified, or so much thereof
as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are
hereby appropriated and authorized to be disbursed for salaries,
wages, technical and special fees and all other expenses for the de-
partments, boards, commissions and officers of the State, and to the
respective schools and institutions, and for the several purposes
specified, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954, and ending June
30,1955 as hereinafter indicated.

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.