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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Treasurer shall receive and keep the moneys
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of the State.
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Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall render his
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See Sections 4.20 and 432, immediately above.
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Accounts, quarterly, to the Comptroller;
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and shall publish, monthly, in such news-
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papers as the Governor may direct, an
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abstract thereof, showing the amount of
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cash on hand, and the place, or places of
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deposit thereof; and on the third day of
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each regular session of the legislature, he
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shall submit to the Senate and House of
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Delegates fair and accurate copies of all
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Accounts by him, from time to time, ren-
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dered and settled with the Comptroller. He
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shall, at all times, submit to the Comptroller
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the inspection of the money in his hands,
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and perform all other duties that shall be
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prescribed by Law.
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Sec. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify,
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See Sections 4 .20 and 422, immediately above.
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and enter on the duties of his office, on, the
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third Monday of January next succeeding
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the time of his election, or as soon thereafter
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as practicable. And the Treasurer shall
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qualify within one month after his appoint-
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ment by the Legislature.
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Sec. 6. Whenever during the recess of
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See Sections 420 and 422, immediately aoove.
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the Legislature charges shall be preferred
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to the Governor against the Comptroller
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or Treasurer, for incompetency, malfeasance
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in office, wilful neglect of duty, or misap-
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propriation of the funds of the State, it shall
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be the duty of the Governor forthwith to
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notify the party so charged, and fix a day
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for a hearing of said charges; and if, from
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the evidence taken, under oath, on said
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hearing before the Governor, the said
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allegations shall be sustained, it shall be the
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duty of the Governor to remove said offend-
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ing officer, and appoint another in his place,
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who shall hold the office for the unexpired
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term of the officer so removed.
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NO COMPARABLE SECTION
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Section 4.21. Qualifications.
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The comptroller shall have attained the
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age of thirty years at the time of his election
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or appointment and shall have been a quali-
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fied voter in the State for at least five years
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immediately preceding Ms election or ap-
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pointment.
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ARTICLE VII. SUNDRY OFFICERS.
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Section 1. County Commissioners shall
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be elected on general ticket of each county
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