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714 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3
SEC. 43. The property of the wife shall be protected
from the debts of her husband.
SEC. 44. Laws shall be passed by the General Assembly,
to protect from execution a reasonable amount of the prop-
erty of the debtor, not exceeding in value, the sum of five
hundred dollars.
1 SEC. 45. 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 the said
officers in the various Counties and in the City of Balti-
more shall be such as may be prescribed by law.
SEC. 46. The General Assembly shall have power to re-
ceive from the United States, any grant, or donation of land,
money, or securities for any purpose designated by the
United States, and shall administer, or distribute the same
according to the conditions of the said grant.
SEC. 47. The General Assembly, shall make provisions
for all cases of contested elections of any of the officers, not
herein provided for.
1 SEC. 48. Corporations may be formed under general
laws, but shall not be created by Special Act, except for
municipal purposes and except in cases where no general
laws exist, providing for the creation of corporations of the
same general character, as the corporation proposed to be
created; and any act of incorporation passed in violation of
this section shall be void. All charters granted, or adopted
in pursuance of this section, and all charters heretofore
granted and created, subject to repeal or modification, may
be altered, from time to time, or be repealed; Provided,
nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to
Banks, or the incorporation thereof. The General Assembly
shall not alter or amend the charter, of any corporation ex-
isting at the time of the adoption of this Article, or pass
any other general or special law for the benefit of such
corporation, except upon the condition that such corpora-
tion shall surrender all claim to exemption from taxation
or from the repeal or modification of its charter, and that
such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject
to the provisions of this Constitution; and any corporation
chartered by this State which shall accept, use, enjoy, or in
1 Thus amended by Chapter 509, Acts of 1941, ratified November 8, 1942.
2 Thus amended by Chapter 196, Acts of 1890, ratified November 3, 1891.

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