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CONTENTS
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Section 24.
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Powers of House of Delegates as grand inquest of State; joint
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standing committee of Senate and House................
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Section 25.
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Consent required to adjournment........................
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Section 26.
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Impeachments .....................................
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Section 27.
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Where and when bills may originate; three readings required .
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Section 28.
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Majority required for passage of bill or resolution; yeas and
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nays on final vote to be recorded.......................
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Section 29.
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Style and titles of laws; laws to embrace but one subject; re-
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vival or amendment; amendment of Code; enactment of
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laws not amendatory of Code.........................
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Section 30.
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Bills to be presented to Governor for approval; laws to be
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recorded, printed, published and certified...............
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Section 31.
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When laws take effect.................................
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Section 32.
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Appropriations; contingent fund; statement of receipts and ex-
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penditures of public money to be published with laws.......
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Section 33.
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Local and special laws ................................
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Section 34.
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Restrictions on loans and extension of credit...............
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Section 35.
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Extra compensation to public officer, agent or contractor; in-
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creasing or diminishing compensation during term of office;
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exception as to Baltimore City.........................
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Section 35A.
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Compensation of public officers not exempt from income tax .
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Section 36.
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Lottery grants prohibited...............................
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Section 37.
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Compensation for emancipated slaves ....................
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Section 38.
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Imprisonment for debt.................................
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Section 39.
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Books, papers and accounts of banks to be open to inspection .
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Section 40.
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Eminent domain ....................................
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Section 40A.
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Same — Baltimore City and Baltimore, Cecil and Montgomery
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counties .........................................
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Section 4GB.
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Same — Highways ...................................
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Section 40C
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Same — Acquisition of property in Prince George's County by
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission..............
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Section 41.
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Penalty for duelling...................................
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Section 42.
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Laws to be passed for preservation of purity of elections......
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Section 43.
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Property of wife protected from debts of husband...........
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Section 44.
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Laws to be passed protecting property from execution........
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Section 45.
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Legislature to provide system of fees and charges for clerks
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of courts and registers of wills.........................
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Section 46.
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Power to receive grants from United States, administer and
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distribute same ...................................
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Section 47.
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Legislature to make provisions for contested elections.......
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Section 48.
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Corporations .......................................
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Section 49.
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Power of legislature to regulate elections .................
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Section 50.
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Legislature to provide penalty for bribery, etc., and for com-
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pelling testimony in such cases........................
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Section 51.
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Where personal property shall be taxed ..................
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Section 52.
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How appropriations to be made; budget...................
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Section 53.
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Person not incompetent as witness on account of race or color
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Section 54.
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Restrictions on county debts.............................
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Section 55.
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Legislature not to suspend writ of habeas corpus............
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