The style of all Laws of this State shall be, "Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of Maryland:" and all Laws shall be passed by
original bill; and every Law enacted by the General Assembly shall
embrace but one subject, and that shall be described in its title; and
no Law, nor section of Law, shall be revived, or amended by reference
to its title, or section only; nor shall any Law be construed by reason
of its title, to grant powers, or confer rights which are not expressly
contained in the body of the Act; and it shall be the duty of the
General Assembly, in amending any article, or section of the Code of
Laws of this State, to enact the same, as the said article, or section
would read when amended. And whenever the General Assembly shall enact
any Public General Law, not amendatory of any section, or article in
the said Code, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact
the same, in articles and sections, in the same manner, as the Code is
arranged, and to provide for the publication of all additions and
alterations, which may be made to the said Code.
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