CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	property, except any building or buildings
	may be taken immediately upon payment
	therefor by the condemning authority to
	the owner or owners thereof or into the
	Court to the use of the person or persons
	entitled thereto, such amount as the con-
	demning authority shall estimate to be the
	fair value of said propery, provided such
	legislation requires that the condemning
	authority's estimate be not less than the
	appraised value of the property being taken
	as evaluated by at least one qualified
	appraiser, whose qualifications have been
	accepted by a Court of RecoroS of this
	State, and also requires the payment of
	any further sum that may subsequently be
	awarded by a jury, and provided such legis-
	lation limits the condemning authority's
	utilization of the acquisition procedures
	specified in this section to occasions where
	it has acquired or is acquiring by purchase
	or other procedures one-half or more of
	the several takings of land or interests in
	land necessary for any given water supply,
	sewerage or drainage extension or construc-
	tion project.
	Sec. 41. Any citizen of this State, who
	shall after the adoption of this Constitu-
	tion, either in, or out of this State, fight a
	duel with deadly weapons, or send, or
	accept a challenge so to do, or who shall
	act as a second, or knowingly aid or assist
	in any manner, those offending, shall, ever
	thereafter, be incapable of holding any
	office of profit or trust, under this State,
	unless relieved from the disability by an
	act of the Legislature.
	Sec. 42. The General Assembly shall pass	See Section 2.07, Conduct of Elections, p. 11.
	Laws necessary for the preservation of the
	purity of Elections.
	Sec. 43. The property of the wife shall
	be protected from the debts of her husband.
	Sec. 44. Laws shall be passed by the
	General Assembly, to protect from execution
	a reasonable amount of the property of the
	debtor, not exceeding in value, the sum
	of five hundred dollars.
	Sec. 45. The General Assembly shall	Section 5.32. Cost of Judicial Branch.
	provide a simple and uniform system of charges in the offices of Clerks of Courts, and Registers of Wills, in the Counties of this State, and the City of Baltimore, and	The cost of the operation and administra- tion of the judicial branch shall be borne exclusively by the State, and all revenues derived from the operation and administra-

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