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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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successor shall thereafter be elected, as in
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a case of vacancy.
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Sec. 7. From and after the adoption of
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For the provisions of the proposed constitu-
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this Constitution) no debt (except as here-
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tion applicable to the structure and powers
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inafter excepted), shall be created by the
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of the local government of Baltimore City,
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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; nor
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see "Article 7, Local Government"
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shall the credit of the Mayor and City
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Council of Baltimore be given, or loaned
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to, or In aid of any individual, association,
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or corporation; nor shall the Mayor and
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City Council of Baltimore have the power
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to involve the City of Baltimore in the con-
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struction of works of internal improvement,
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nor in granting any aid thereto, which
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shall involve the faith and credit of the city,
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nor make any appropriation therefor, un-
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less such debt or credit be authorized by
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an Act of the General Assembly of Mary-
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land, and by an ordinance of the Mayor and
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City Council of Baltimore, submitted to
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the legal voters of the City of Baltimore,
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at such time and place as may be fixed by
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said ordinance., and approved by a majority
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of the votes cast at such time and place;
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such ordinance shall provide for the dis-
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charge of any such debt or credit within
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the period of forty (40) years from the
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time of contracting the same; but the Mayor
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and City Council may, temporarily, bor-
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row any amount of money to meet any
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deficiency in the City Treasury, and may
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borrow any amount at any time to provide
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for any emergency arising from the neces-
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sity of maintaining the police, or pre-
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serving the health, safety and sanitary
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condition of the City, and may make due
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and proper arrangements and agreements
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for the renewal and extension, in whole
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or in part, of any and all debts and obliga-
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tions created according to law before the
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adoption of this Constitution.
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See. 8. All Laws and Ordinances, now
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For the provisions of the proposed constitu-
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in force, applicable to the City of Baltimore,
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tion applicable to the structure and powers
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not inconsistent with this Article, shall be,
and they are hereby continued until changed
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of the local government of Baltimore City,
see "Article 7, Local Government"
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in due course of Law.
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Sec. 9. The General Assembly may make
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such changes in this Article, except in
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tion applicable to the structure and powers
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Section seventh thereof, as it may deem best;
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of the local government of Baltimore City,
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and this Article shall not be so construed, or
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see "Article 7, Local Government."
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taken at to make the political Corporation
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of Baltimore independent of, or free from
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the control, which the General Assembly
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of Maryland has over all such Corporations
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in this Statee.
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