point directors, which said directors shall
represent the State in all meetings of the
stockholders of every railroad or canal corn-
puny in which the State is a stockholder;
they shall require the directors of all said
public works from time to time, and as often
as 'there shall be any change in the rates of
toll on any of said works, to furnish said
board of public works a schedule of such
modified rates of toll, and shall use all legal
powers which they may possess to obtain the
establishment of rates of toll which may pre-
vent an injurious competition with each
other to the detriment of the interests of the
State, and so to adjust them as to promote the
agricultural interests of the State; they shall
report to the general assembly at each regu-
lar session, and recommend such legislation
as they shall deem necessary and requisite to
promote or protect the interests of the State
in the said public works; they shall perform
such other duties as may be hereafter pre-
scribed by law; and a majority of them shall
be competent to act.
The governor, comptroller and treasurer,
shall receive no additional salary for services
rendered by them as members of the board of
public works.
Sec. 3. There shall be a commissioner of
the land office, elected by the qualified voters
of the State, on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November, in
the year eighteen hundred and seventy, and
on the same day in every sixth year there-
after, who shall hold his office" for the term
of six years from the first Monday in January
ensuing his election. The returns of
said election shall be made to the governor,
and in the event of a tie between two or
more candidates, the governor shall direct
a new election to be held by writs to the
sheriffs of the several counties, and of the
city of Baltimore; who shall hold said elec-
tion after at least twenty days' notice, exclu-
sive of the day of election. He shall perform
such duties as are now required of the com-
missioner oof the land office, or such as may
hereafter be prescribed by law, and shall also
be the keeper of the chancery records. He
shall receive a salary of two thousand 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. He shall make a
semi-annual report of all the fees of his office,
both as commissioner 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 resig-
nation or other cause, the governor shall fill
such vacancy until the next general election
for members of the general assembly thereafter,
when a commissioner of the land office
shall be elected for the full term of six years
ensuing.
Sec. 4. The State librarian shall be elected
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by ajoint vote of the two branches of the gen-
eral .'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 pre-
scribed by law. In case of a vacancy in the
office of State librarian from death, resignation
and other cause, the governor shall fill
such vacancy until the next meeting of the
general assembly thereafter, and until a suc-
cessor be elected and qualified.
Sec. 5. The county commissioners shall be
elected, on general ticket, by the qualified
voters of the several comities in this State;
an election tor county commissioners shall be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day in the month of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, and as nearly one-
half as many he of said commissioners shall
hold their office 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 commis-
sioners shall determine by lot which of their
number shall bold office for two and tour
years respectively; and thereafter there shall
be. elected as aforesaid, at each general elec-
tion for county officers, county commission-
ers for tour years to fill the places of those
whose term has expired. The said commis-
sioners shall exercise such powers and per-
form such duties (which shall be similar
throughout the State) as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed by law. Their num-
ber 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 supervi-
sors in the several counties by the county
commissioners; and the number of said super-
visors as well as their powers and duties in
the several election districts in the several
counties, shall be determined by the said
county commissioners,
Sec. 7. The qualified voters of each county
and of the city of Baltimore shall on the Tues-
day next after the first Monday in the month
of November, in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-five, and every two years thereafter,
elect a surveyor for the counties and city '
of Baltimore respectively, whose term of of-
fice shall commence on the first Monday of
January next ensuing their election, and
whose duties and compensation shall be the
same as are now or may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law. Any vacancy in the office
of surveyor shall be filled by the commis-
sioners of the counties or by the mayor and
city council of Baltimore respectively, for the
residue of the term.
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