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to be paid out of the Treasury, and shall charge such fees as
are now or may be hereafter fixed by law; he shall make a
semi-annual report of all the fees of his office, both as Com-
missioner of the Land Office, and as Keeper of the Chancery
Records, to the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall pay
the same semi-annually into the Treasury; in case of vacancy
in said office by death, resignation or other cause, the Gover-
nor shall fill such vacancy until the next general election for
Members of the General Assembly thereafter, when a Com-
missioner of the Land Office shall be elected for the full term
of six years ensuing.

Sec. 4. The State Librarian shall be elected by joint vote
of the two branches of the General Assembly for four years,
and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; his
salary shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the
General Assembly shall pass no law whereby he shall receive
any additional compensation; he shall perform such duties as
are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law; in case of a
vacancy in the office of State Librarian from death, resigna-
tion or other cause the Governor shall fill such vacancy until
the next meeting of the General Assembly thereafter, and
until a successor be elected and qualified.

Sec. 5. The County Commissioners shall be elected, on gen-
eral ticket, by the qualified voters of the several counties in
this State; an election for County Commissioners shall be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month
of November eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and as nearly
one half as may be of said commissioners shall hold their of-
fice for two years, and the other half for four years; at the
first meeting after their election and qualification or as soon
thereafter as practicable the said commissioners shall deter-
mine by lot, which of their number shall hold office for two
and four years respectively; and thereafter there shall be
elected as aforesaid, at each general election for County offi-
cers, County Commissioners for four years to fill the places of
those whose term has expired. The said Commissioners shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties, which shall be
similar throughout the State, as are now or may hereafter be
prescribed by law. Their number in each county, and their
compensation, their powers and duties, may at any time
hereafter be changed and regulated by the General Assembly.

Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the
appointment of Road Supervisors in the several counties by
the County Commissioners, and the number of said Supervi-
sors as well as their powers and duties in the several election
districts in the several counties shall be determined by the
said County Commissioners.