SEC. 2. The comptroller shall have the
general superintendence of the fiscal affairs of
the State; he shall digest and prepare plans
for the improvement and management of the
revenue, and for the support of the public
credit; prepare and report estimates of the
revenue and expenditure of the State: super-
intend and enforce the collection of all taxes
and revenue; adjust, settle and preserve all
public accounts; decide on the forms of keep-
ing and slating accounts; grant, under regu-
lations prescribed by law, all warrants for
moneys to be paid out of the treasury, in pur-
suance of appropriations by law; prescribe
the formalities of the transfer of stock or other
evidences of the State debt; and countersign
the same, without which such evidences shall
not bevalid; be shall make full reports of all
his proceedings, and of the state of the treas-
ury department within ten days after the
commencement of each session of the legisla-
ture, and perform such other duties as shall
be prescribed by law.
SEC. 3. The treasurer shall receive and
keep the moneys of the State, and disburse
the same upon warrants drawn by the comp-
troller, and not otherwise; be shall take re-
ceipts for all moneys paid by him, and all re-
ceipts for moneys received by him shall be
indorsed upon warrants signed by the comp-
troller, without which warrant, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money received into the
treasury shall be valid; and upon warrants
issued by the comptroller he shall make ar-
rangements 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 trans-
fer 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 pro-
vision for the loss of certificates or other evi-
dence of the debt.
SEC. 4. The treasurer shall render his ac-
counts quarterly to the comptroller; and on
the third day of each session of the legisla-
ture he shall submit to the senate and house
of delegates fair and accurate copies of all ac-
counts 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 moneys in his hands, and
perform all other duties that shall be prescri-
bed by law.
ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. At the first general election of
delegates to the general assembly, after the |
adoption of this Constitution, four commis-
sioners shall be elected as hereinafter provi-
ded, who shall bestyled "commissioners of
public works," and who shall exercise a dili-
gent and faithful supervision of all public
works, in which the State may be interested as
stockholder or creditor, and shall represent the
State in all meetings of the stockholders, and
shall appoint the directors in every railroad
or canal company, in which the State has the
constitutional power to appoint directors, it
shall also be the duty of the commissioners of
public works to review, from time to time,
the rate of tolls adopted by any company ;
use all legal powers which they may possess
to obtain the establishment of rates of tolls,
which may prevent an injurious competition
with each other, to the detriment of the inter-
ests of the State; and so to adjust them as to
promote the agriculture of the State. It
shall also be the duty of the said commission-
ers of public works to keep a journal of their
proceedings; and at each regular session of
the legislature to make to it a report, and to
recommend such legislation as they shall
deem necessary and requisite to promote or
protect the interest of the State in the public
works; and perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by law. They shall each
' receive such salary as may be allowed by
law, which shall not be increased or dimin-
ished during their continuance in office.
SEC. 2. For the election of the commission-
ers of public works, the State shall be divided
into four districts. The counties of Allega-
ny, Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Balti-
more and Harford, shall constitute the first
district. The counties of Montgomery, How-
ard, Anne Arundel, Calvert, St. Mary's,
Charles and Prince George's, shall constitute
the second district. Baltimore city shall con-
stitute the third district. The counties of
Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline,
Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester, shall
constitute the fourth district. One commis-
sioner shall be elected in each district, who
shall have been a resident thereof at least five
years next preceding his election.
SEC. 3. The said commissioners shall be
elected by the qualified voters of their districts
respectively; the returns of their election
shall be certified to the Governor, who shall,
by proclamation, declare the result of the
election. Two of the said commissioners,
first elected, shall hold their office for four
years, and the other two for two years from
the first Monday of December next succeeding
their election. And at the first meeting after
their election, or as soon thereafter as practi-
cable, they shall determine, by lot, who of
their number shall hold their offices for four
and two years respectively; and thereafter
there shall be elected as aforesaid, at each
general election of delegates two commission-
ers for the term of four years, to be taken
from the districts respectively wherein the |
