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receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, but
shall not be allowed, nor shall he receive any fees, commis-
sions or perquisites of any kind in addition thereto, for the
performance of any official duty or service. He shall keep his
office at the seat of Government, and shall take such oath and
enter into such bond for the faithful discharge of his duty as
are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law. A vacancy in
the office of the Treasurer shall be filled by the Governor for
the residue of the term. The General Assembly at its first
session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall elect a
Treasurer, but the Treasurer then elected shall not enter
upon the discharge of the duties of his office, until the expi-
ration of the term of the present incumbent, unless the said
office shall sooner become vacant.

Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall receive and keep the moneys of
the State and disburse the same upon warrants drawn by the
Comptroller, and not otherwise, he shall take receipts for all
moneys paid by him, and all receipts for moneys paid by him
shall bo endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comptroller,
without which warrant, so signed, no acknowledgment of
money received into the Treasury shall be valid; and upon
warrants issued by the Comptroller, ho 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 be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by
the Comptroller, and no new 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 shall be filed in his office,
and the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof, and
the certificate or other evidence cancelled, but the General
Assembly may make provision for the loss of certificates or
other evidence of the debt.

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly
to the Comptroller, and on the third day of each regular ses-
sion of the General Assembly, 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 Comp-
troller. He shall at all times submit to the Comptroller, the
inspection of the moneys in his hands, and perform all other
duties that are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.

SECTION 1. The Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury
and the Treasurer, shall constitute the Board of Public Works