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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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(15) If any item of any appropriation
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bill passed under the provisions of this
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Section shall be held invalid upon any
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ground, such invalidity shall not affect the
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legality of the bill or of any other item
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of such bill or bills.
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Sec. 53. No person shall be incompetent,
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See Section 1.03, Due Process and Equal Pro-
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as a witness, on account of race or color,
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tection, p. 5.
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unless hereafter so declared by Act of the
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General Assembly.
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Sec. 54. No County of this State shall
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Section 7.10. Credit Limitations of Local
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contract any debt, or obligation, in the
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Governments.
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construction of any Railroad, Canal, or
other Work of Internal Improvement, nor
give, or loan its credit to, or in aid of any
association, or corporation, unless author-
ized by an Act of the General Assembly.
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The assets or credit of a unit of local gov-
ernment may be given or lent to any indi-
vidual, association, or corporation only if a
public purpose will be served thereby, and
then subject to any other restrictions pre-
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scribed by law. The act of the governing
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body making the gift or loan shall state the
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public purpose to be served, and no gift of
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credit or loan of credit or loan of assets shall
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be made without the consent of three-fifths
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jof the members of the governing body.
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Sec. 55. The General Assembly shall
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Section 1.14. Habeas Corpus.
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pass no Law suspending the privilege of
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The right to the writ of habeas corpus
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the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
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shall not be suspended.
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Sec. 56. The General Assembly shall
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See Section 3.01, Legislative Power, p. 2.
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have power to pass all such Laws as may be
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necessary and proper for carrying into
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execution the powers vested, by this Con-
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stitution, in any Department, or office of
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the Government, and the duties imposed
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upon them thereby.
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Sec. 57. The Legal Rate of Interest
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shall be six per cent per annum; unless
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otherwise provided by the General Assembly.
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Sec. 58. The Legislature shall provide
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by Law for State and municipal taxation
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upon the revenues accruing from business
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done in the State by all foreign corporations.
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Sec. 59. The office of "State Pension
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Commissioner" is hereby abolished; and the
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Legislature shall pass no law creating such
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office, or establishing any general pension
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system within this State.
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Sec. 60. The General Assembly of
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See Section 5.01, Judicial Power, p, 3; Sec-
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Maryland shall have the power to provide
by suitable general enactment (a) for the
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tion 5.03, Rule-Making Power, p. 56.
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