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convention, the General Assembly at its next session shall
provide by Law for the assembling of such convention, and
for the election of Delegates thereto. Each County and Leg-
islative District of the City of Baltimore shall have in such
convention a number of Delegates equal to its representation
in both Houses at the time at which the convention is called..
But any Constitution, or change, or amendment of the exist-
ing Constitution, which may be adopted by such convention,
shall be submitted to the voters of the State, and shall have
no effect unless the same shall have been adopted by a major-
ity of the voters voting therein.

ARTICLE XV.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SECTION 1. Every person holding any office created by, or
existing under the Constitution, or Laws of the State, (except
Justices of the Peace, Constables and Coroners,) or holding
any appointment under any Court of this State, whose pay or
compensation is derived from fees, or moneys coming into
his hands for the discharge of his official duties or in any
way growing out of or connected with his office, shall keep a
book, in which shall be entered every sum or sums of money
received by him, or on his account, as a payment or compen-
sation for his performance of official duties, a copy of which
entries in said book, verified by the oath of the officer by
whom it is directed to be kept, shall be returned yearly to
the Comptroller of the State, for his inspection, and that of
the General Assembly of the State, to which the Comptroller
shall, at each regular session thereof, make a report showing
what officers have complied with this section; and each of
the said officers, when the amount received by him for the
year shall exceed the sum which he is by Law entitled to
retain as his salary or compensation for the discharge of his
duties, and for the expenses of his office, shall yearly pay
over to the Treasurer of the State the amount of such excess,
subject to such disposition thereof as the General Assembly
may direct; if any of such officers shall fail to comply with
the requisitions of this section for the period of thirty days
after the expiration of each and every year of his office, such
officer shall be deemed to have vacated his office, and the
Governor shall declare the same vacant, and the vacancy
therein shall be filled as in case of vacancy for any other
cause, and such officer shall be subject to suit by the State for
the amount that ought to be paid into the treasury; and no
person holding any office created by or existing under this