Debates and Proceedings of the Maryland Reform Convention to Revise the State Constitution: To which is Prefixed the Bill of Rights and Constitution as Adopted

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William M'Neir, official printer, 1851 - Constitutional conventions
 

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Page 163 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration...
Page 209 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Page 113 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder of public moneys shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly...
Page 342 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Page 324 - The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching, but a majority of all the members must concur in an impeachment; all impeachments shall be tried by the Senate; and when sitting...

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