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eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the
Treasury, and shall charge such fees as are now or may be
hereafter fixed by law. The said Commissioner of the
Land Office shall make a semi-annual report of all the fees of
his office to the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall pay
the same semi-annually into the Treasury.
Sec. 3. The State Librarian shall be elected by joint vote of
the two branches of the Legislature for four years, and until
his successor shall be elected and qualified. His salary shall
be fifteen hundred dollars per annum. He shall perform such
duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.
Sec. 4. The county authorities, now known as County Com-
missioners, shall be styled "County Commissioners, " and
shall be elected by general ticket, and not by districts, by the
voters of the several counties, on the day of
in the year and on the
same day in every second year thereafter; said Commissioners
shall exercise such powers and perform such duties only as
the Legislature may from time to time prescribe; but such
powers and duties shall be similar, and the tenure of office
uniform throughout the State, and the Legislature shall have
power to pass such laws as may be necessary for determining
the number for each county, fixing the salary, and ascertain-
ing and defining the powers, duties and tenure of office of
said Commissioners; and the Commissioners elected under this
Constitution shall have and exercise all the powers and duties
in their respective counties, now exercised by the County
Commissioners under the laws of the State, and they shall
receive the same salary, and their present number in the
several counties shall remain the same until changed by
law.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the
appointment of Road Supervisors and Constables in the
several counties by the County Commissioners, and the num-
ber of said Supervisors and Constables in the several Election
Districts in the several counties shall be determined by the
said County Commissioners, but the tenure of office shall be
uniform, and their powers and duties shall be similar through-
out the State.
Sec. 6. The qualified voters of each county and the city of
Baltimore shall, on the day of
in the year and every two
years thereafter, elect a Surveyor for the counties and the city
of Baltimore respectively, whose duties and compensation
shall be the same as are now prescribed by law for the County
and City Surveyors respectively, or as may hereafter be pre-
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