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to the judiciary, but except as hereinbefore specified, may not
alter the said Bill except to strike out or reduce items therein,
provided, however, that the salary or compensation of any
public officer shall not be decreased during his term of office;
and such Bill when and as passed by both Houses shall be a
law immediately without further action by the Governor.

"Fourth—The Governor and such representatives of the *
executive departments, boards, offices and commissions of the
State expending or applying for State's moneys, as have been
designated by the Governor for this purpose, shall have the
right, and when requested by either House of the Legislature,
it shall be their duty to appear and be heard with respect to
any Budget Bill during the consideration thereof, and to
answer inquiries relative thereto.

"Sub-Section C: Supplementary Appropriation Bills —
Neither House shall consider other appropriations until the
Budget Bill has been finally acted upon by both Houses, and
no such other appropriation shall be valid except in accord-
ance with the provisions following: (1) Every such appropri-
ation shall be embodied in a separate Bill limited to some
single work, object or purpose therein stated and called herein
a 'Supplementary Appropriation Bill'; (2) each Supplemen-
tary Appropriation Bill shall provide the revenue necessary
to pay the appropriation thereby made by a tax to be laid
and collected, as shall be directed in said Bill; (3) no Sup-
plementary Appropriation Bill shall become a law unless it
be passed in each House by a vote of three-fifths of the whole
number of the members elected, and the yeas and nays re-
corded on its final passage; (4) each Supplementary Appropri-
ation Bill shall be presented to the Governor of the State, as,
provided in Section 17 of Article II of the Constitution, and
thereafter all the provisions of said section shall apply.

"Nothing in this amendment shall be construed as prevent-
ing the Legislature from passing at any time, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 28 of Article III of the Con-
stitution and subject to the Governor's power of approval, as
provided in Section 17 of Article II of the Constitution, an
Appropriation Bill to provide for the payment of any obli-
gation of the State of Maryland within the protection of Sec-
tion 10 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.

"Sub-Section D: General Provisions—First—If the Budget
Bill shall not have been finally acted upon by the Legislature
three days before the expiration of its regular session, the