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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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every Law enacted by the General Assembly
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law except by bill. The subject of every law
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shall embrace but one subject, and that
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shall be described in its title. Every law en-
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shall be described in its title; and no Law,
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acted by the General Assembly, except the
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nor section of Law, shall be revived, or
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budget law and supplementary appropriation
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amended by reference to its title, or section
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laws, shall embrace only one subject. The
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only; nor shall any Law be construed by
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budget law and all supplementary appropria-
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reason of its title, to grant powers, or
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tion laws shall be limited to the subject of
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confer rights which are not expressly con-
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budget, appropriations, their purpose or pur-
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tained in the body of the Act; and it shall
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poses, and the requisite revenue. No law or
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be the duty of the General Assembly, in
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section of a law shall be revived or amended
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amending any article, or section of the
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by reference only to its title or section, nor
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Code of Laws of this State, to enact the
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shall any law be construed by reason of its
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same, as the saiC Urticle, or section would
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title to grant powers or confer rights which
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read when amended. And whenever the
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are not expressly contained in the body of
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General Assembly shall enact any Public
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the act. The General Assembly, in amending
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General Law, not amendatory of any section,
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any article or section of the code of laws of
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or article in the said Code, it shall be the
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this State, shall enact the article, section, or
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duty of the General Assembly to enact the
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law as it would read when amended.
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same, in articles and sections, in the same
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manner, as the Code is arranged, and to
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provide for the publication of all additions
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and alterations, which may be made to the
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said Code.
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Sec. 30. Every bill, when passed by the
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See Section 4.15, Action on Bills by the Gov-
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General Assembly, and sealed with the
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ernor, p. 18.
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Great Seal, shall be presented to the Gover-
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nor, who, if he approves it, shall sign the
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same in the presence of the presiding officers
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and Chief Clerks of the Senate and House
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of Delegates. Every Law shall be recorded
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in the office of the Court of Appeals, and
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in due time, be printed, published and
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certified under the Great Seal, to the several
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Courts, in the same manner as has been
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heretofore usual in this State.
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Sec. 31. No Law passed by the General
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Section 3.23. Effective Date of Laws.
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Assembly shall take effect, until the first
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Each law passed by the General Assembly
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day of June, next after the Session, at
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shall take effect on the first day of July after
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which it may be passed, unless it be other-
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passage unless another date is prescribed in
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wise expressly declared therein.
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the law.
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Sec. 32. No money shall be drawn from
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Section 6.08. Appropriations.
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the Treasury of the State, by any order
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The General Assembly shall not appropri-
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or resolution, nor except in accordance
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ate any money from the treasury except by a
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with an appropriation by Law; and every
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budget bill or a supplementary appropria-
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such Law shall distinctly specify the sum
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tion bill.
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appropriated, and the object, to which it
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shall be applied; provided, that nothing
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herein contained shall prevent the General
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Assembly from placing a contingent fund
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at the disposal of the Executive, who shall
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report to the General Assembly, at each
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Session, the amount expended, and the
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purposes to which it was applied. An ac-
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curate statement of the receipts and expendi-
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tures of the public money, shall be at-
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