CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		them into not more than four classes based
		either upon population as determined in
		the most recent Federal or State census
		or upon such other criteria as determined
		by the General Assembly to be appropriate.
		Not more than one such grouping of code
		counties into four (or fewer) classes may
		be in effect at any one time, and the enact-
		ment of any grouping of code counties into
		four (or fewer) classes repeals any other
		such grouping then in effect. Code counties
		may be classified only as provided in this
		section.
	Section 3.23. Effective Date of Laws.	Sec. 31. No Law passed by the General
	Each law passed by the General Assembly	Assembly shall take effect, until the first
	shall take effect on the first day of July after	day of June, next after the Session, at
	passage unless another date is prescribed in	which it may be passed, unless it be other-
	the law.	wise expressly declared therein.
	Post Audit
	Section 3.24. Post Audit.	Article XV, section 1. Every person
	The General Assembly shall provide by	holding any office created by, or existing
	law for post audit of state finances by an	under the Constitution, or Laws of the
	agency of the General Assembly. The princi-	State (except Justices of the Peace, Con-
	pal officer of the agency shall be elected by	stables and Coroners), or holding any
	and be responsible to the General Assembly.	appointment under any Court of this State,
		whose pay, or compensation is derived
		from fees, or moneys coming into his hands
		for the discharge of his official duties, or, in
		any way, growing out of, or connected with
		his office, shall keep a book in which shall
		be entered every sum, or sums of money,
		received by him, or on his account, as a
		payment or compensation for his perform-
		ance of official duties, a copy of which
		entries in said book, verified by the oath
		of the officer, by whom it is directed to be
		kept, shall be returned yearly to the Comp-
		troller of the State for his inspection, and
		that of the General Assembly of the State,
		to which the Comptroller shall, at each
		regular session thereof, make a report show-
		ing what officers have complied with this
		Section; and each of the said officers, when
		the amount received by him for the year
		shall exceed the sum which he is by Law
		entitled to retain, as his salary, or com-
		pensation for the discharge of his duties,
		and for the expenses of his office, shall
		yearly pay over to the Treasurer of the
		State the amount of such excess, subject to
		such disposition thereof as the General As-
		sembly may direct; if any of such officers
		shall fail to comply with the requisitions of
		this Section for the period of thirty days
		after the expiration of each and every year
		of his office, such officer shall be deemed

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