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whose term of office shall commence on the first Monday of
January next ensuing their election, and whose duties and
compensation, shall be the same as are now, or may hereafter
be prescribed by law. And any vacancy in the office of Sur-
veyor shall be filled by the Commissioners of the counties, or
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, respectively,
for the residue of the term.
SEC. 3. The State Librarian shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall hold his office during the term of the Governor
by whom he shall have been appointed, and until his succes-
sor shall be appointed and qualified. His salary shall be
fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum; and he shall per-
form such duties as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed
by law; and no appropriation shall be made by law to pay
for any Clerk or Assistant to the Librarian.
SEC. 4. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land Office,
who shallbe appointed by the Governor, by and with theadvice
and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his office during the
term of the Governor by whom he shall have been appointed,
and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. He
shall perform such duties as are now required of the Com-
missioner of the Land Office, or such as may hereafter be
prescribed by Law, and shall also be the keeper of the Chan-
cery Records. He shall receive a salary of two thousand
dollars ($2,000), per annum, to be paid out of the Treasury ;
and shall charge such fees as are now, or may be hereafter
fixed by law. He shall make a semi-annual report of all the
fees of his office, both as Commissioner of the Land Office
and as keeper of the Chancery Records to the Comptroller
of the Treasury, and shall pay the same semi-annually into
the Treasury,
SEC. 5. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also
act as the Historiographer of the State of Maryland, in which
capacity it shall be his duty, in such manner as the Legisla-
ture shall prescribe, to collect, arrange, classify, have charge
of, and safely keep, in a suitable apartment to be provided by
the Legislature, all Papers, Records, Relics, and other Mem-
orials connected with the early History of Maryland; and
he shall also prepare for, and superintend the publication of
such Papers, Records or other Memorials, as the Legislature
shall direct to be published. The Legislature, at its first
session after the adoption of this Constitution, and from time
to time thereafter, shall prescribe such regulations, and make
such provisions and appropriations, as it shall deem suitable
and adequate for the proper organization and support of the
Department created by this Section.
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