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neither of the said Officers shall be allowed, or receive any
fees, commissions, or perquisites of any kind, in addition to
his Salary for the performance of any duty, or services, what-
soever. In case of a vacancy in either of the offices, by death,
or otherwise, the Governor, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall fill such vacancy, by appointment,
to continue until another election, or a choice by the Legisla-
ture, as the case may be, and until the qualification of the
successor. The Comptroller and the Treasurer shall keep
their offices at the Seat of Government, and shall take such
oath, and enter into such Bonds for the faithful discharge of
their duties as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by
Law.
Sec. 2. The Comptroller shall have the general superin-
tendence of the fiscal affairs of the State , he shall digest
and prepare plans for the improvement and management of
the Revenue, and for the support of the Public Credit; pre-
pare and report estimates of the Revenue and Expenditures
of the State; superintend and enforce the prompt collection
of all Taxes and Revenues; adjust and settle on terms, pre-
scribed by Law, with delinquent Collectors and Receivers of
Taxes and State Revenue; preserve all Public Accounts;
decide on the forms of Keeping and Stating Accounts; grant
under regulations, prescribed by Law, all Warrants for
money to be paid out of the Treasuiy, in pursuance of ap-
propriations by Law; and countersign all Checks drawn by
the Treasurer upon any Bank or Banks, in which the moneys
of the State may, from time to time, be deposited; prescribe
the formalities of the transfer of Stock, or other evidence of
the State Debt, and countersign the same, without which,
such evidences shall not be valid; he shall make to the
General Assembly full Reports of all the proceedings, and of
the state of the Treasury Department, within ten days after
the commencement of each Session; and perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed by Law.
Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of the
State, and until otherwise prescribed by Law, deposit them
as soon as received, to the credit of the State, in such Bank
or Banks, as he may from to time with the approval of the
Governor, select; the said Bank, or Banks giving security,
satisfactory to the Governor, for the safe keeping and forth-
coming, when required, of said Deposits, and shall disburse the
same for the purpose of the State, according to Law, uponWar-
rants drawn by the Comptroller, and on Checks countersigned
by him, and not otherwise; he shall take receipts for all moneys
paid by him; and receipts for moneys received by him shall
be endorsed upon Warrants, signed by the Comptroller;
without which Warrants, so signed, no acknowledgment of
money received into the Treasury shall be valid; and upon
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