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Warrants, issued by the Comptroller, he shall make arrange-
ments for the payment of the interest of the Public Debt;
and for the purchase thereof, on account of the Sinking Fund.
Every Bond, Certificate, or other Evidence of the Debt of the
State, shall he signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned
by the Comptroller; and no Certificate, or other Evidence
intended to replace another, shall be issued until the old one
shall be delivered to the Treasurer, and authority executed
in due form for the transfer of the same filed in his office ;
and the transfer accordingly made on the Books thereof,
and the Certificates or other Evidence cancelled; but the
Legislature may make provisions for the loss of Certificates
or other Evidences of the Debt, and may prescribe by Law
the manner in which the Treasurer shall receive and keep
the money of the State.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall render his Accounts, quarterly
to the Comptroller; and shall publish monthly in such
newspapers as the Governor may diiect, an abstract thereof,
showing the amount of cash on hand, and the place or places of
deposit thereof; and on the third day of each regular Session
of the Legislature, he shall submit to the Senate and House
of Delegates, fair and accurate copies of all Accounts by him,
from time to time, rendered and settled with the Comptroller.
He shall at all times submit to the Comptroller the inspec-
tion of the money in his hands, and perform all other duties
that shall be prescribed by Law.
Sec. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the Third Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable; and the Treasurer, shall qualify within one
month after his appointment by the Legislature.
Sec. 6. Whenever, during the recess of the Legislature,
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the Comp-
troller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in office,
wilful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the funds of
the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor to forthwith
notify the party so charged, and fix a day for a hearing of
said charges; and, if from the evidence, taken under oath, on
said hearing before the Governor, the said allegations shall be
sustained, it shall be the duty of the Governor to remove said
offending officer, and to appoint another in his place, who
shall hold his office for the unexpired term of the officer so
removed.
ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.
Section 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on gen-
eral ticket of each" county, by the qualified voters of the
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