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Sec. 36. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly to
protect from execution, a reasonable amount of property of a
debtor, not exceeding in value the sum of five hundred dol-
lars.
Sec. 31?. The General Assembly shall 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 for the collection thereof; provided, the
amount of compensation to any of said officers shall not ex-
ceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars a year, over and
above office expenses, and compensation to assistants; and
provided further, that such compensation of Clerks, Registers,
assistants and office expenses, shall always be paid out of the
fees or receipts of the offices respectively.
Sec. 38. The House of Delegates shall have the sole power
of impeachment in all cases, but a majority of all the mem-
bers must concur in an impeachment; all impeachments shall
be tried by the Senate, and when sitting for that purpose, the
Senators shall be on oath or affirmation to do justice accord-
ing to the law and evidence, but no person shall be convicted
without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Senators.
Sec. 39. The General Assembly shall pass laws to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of the State's interest in the works
of internal improvement, in which the State is either stock-
holder or creditor; and to appropriate the proceeds arising
therefrom towards the payment of the public debt of the State;
and after the public debt shall have been fully paid off, or the
sinking fund shall be equal to its liquidation, to create out of
said proceeds a permanent fund for the support of public edu-
cation.
Sec. 40. The General Assembly shall pass no law, nor make
any appropriation to compensate the masters or claimants of
slaves emancipated from servitude by the adoption of this
Constitution.
Sec. 41. No person shall be imprisoned for debt.
Sec. 42. The General Assembly shall grant no charter for
banking purposes, or renew any banking corporation now in
existence, except upon the condition that the stockholders
shall be liable to the amount of their respective share or shares
of stock in such banking institution subscribed for and not
paid in, for all its debts and liabilities upon note, bill or oth-
erwise. All banks shall be open to inspection of their books,
papers and accounts under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law.
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