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of any duty or services whatsoever. In case of a vacancy
in either of the offices, by death or otherwise, the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall fill such vacancy by appointment, to continue until
another election or a choice by the Legislature, as the
case may be, and 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 the Legislature shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. The comptroller shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall di-
gest and prepare plans for the improvement and manage-
ment of the revenue, and for the support of the public
credit; prepare and report estimates of the revenue, ad-
just and settle, on terms prescribed by law, with delin-
quent collectors and receivers of taxes and State revenue,
and 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 treasury in pursuance of appropriations by law,
and countersign all checks drawn by the treasurer upon
any bank or banks in which the money of the State may
from time to time be deposited, prescribe the formalities
of the transfer of stock or other evidence of State debt,
and countersign the same, without which, such evidences
shall not be valid; he shall make full reports of all his
proceedings and the state of the Treasury Department
within ten days after the commencement of each ses-
sion of the Legislature, and perform such other duties as
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. The treasurer shall receive and keep the
moneys of the State, and disburse the same upon war-
rants drawn by the comptroller and on checks counter-
signed by him, and not otherwise. He shall take receipts
for all moneys paid by him, and receipts for moneys re-
ceived by him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by
the comptroller, without which warrants, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money received in the treasury shall
be valid, and upon warrants issued by the comptroller he
shall make arrangements for the payment of the interest
of the public debt, and for the purchase thereof on ac-
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