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paid by him, and all receipts for monies received by him shall be
endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comptroller, without which
warrant so signed, no acknowledgement of money received into
the Treasury shall be valid. Upon warrants issued by the Comp
troller; he shall make arrangements for the payment of the interest
of the public debt, and for the purchase thereof on account of the
sinking fund. Every bond certificates or other evidence of the debt
of the State shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned
by the Comptroller, and no new certificate or other evidence inten
ded 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 shall be filed in his office, and the transfer
accordingly made on the books thereof, and the certificate or other
evidence cancelled; but the Legislature may make provision for the
loss of certificates or other evidences of the debt. The Treasurer
shall render his accounts quarterly to the Comptroller; and on the
third day of each session of the Legislature 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
inspection of the monies in his hands, and perfoim all other duties
that shall be prescribed by law.

Which was read,and

On motion of Mr. McLane,
Ordered to be printed.

Mr. McLane, chairman of the committee on the Treasury De
partrnent to which was referred the order requiring said committee
to inquire into the expediency of incorporating in the constitution
a clause prohibiting the Legislature from creating debts, appropria
ting the public funds for works of Internal Improvements or other
objects not connected with a strictly economical administration of
the State government, &c., asked that said committee be discharg
ed from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be
referred to the committee on the Legislative Department.

On the question being put on discharging the committee and
referring the same to the committee on the Legislative Depart
ment, it was

Determined in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Brown,
The Convention resumed the consideration of the order of the
day, being the report submitted by Mr. Dorsey on the 11th inst.,
as chairman of the committee on the Declaration of Rights.

The question pending before the Convention being on the
amendment offered by Mr. Chambers, of Kent, on the 29th inst.,
to the amendment offered by Mr. Presstman on the 28th inst.

 
 
After debate thereon,