commissioners resided at the time of their
election, whose term of service has expired.
And in case of a vacancy in the office of
either of said commissioners, by death, resig-
nation, or otherwise, the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the senate,
shall appoint some qualified person from the
same district, to serve until the next general
election of delegates, when an election shall
be held, as aforesaid, for a commissioner for
the residue of said term. And in case of an
equal division in the board of commissioners,
on any subject committed to their charge, the
treasurer of the State shall have power, and
shall be called on to decide the same. And
in the event of a tie vote for any two of the
candidates for the office of commissioner in
the same district, it shall be the duty of the
Governor to commission one or the other of
the candidates having the equal number of
votes. And if the Governor doubt the legal-
ity or result of any election held for said
commissioners, it shall be his duty 'to send
the returns of such election to the house of
delegates, who shall judge of the election and
qualification of the candidates at such elec-
tion.
SEC. 4, During the continuance of the lot-
tery system in this State, there shall be elected
by the legal and qualified voters of the State,
at every general election for delegates to the
general assembly, one commissioner of lotte-
ries, who shall hold his office for two years,
and till the qualification of his successor, and
shall be re-eligible. His whole compensation
shall be paid out of the fund raised for the
Maryland consolidated lottery grants, and
shall not exceed the amount of commissions
received by one of the present lottery com-
missioners, out of said fund; and he shall
give such bond, for the faithful performance
of his duties as is now given by the lottery
commissioners. The term of the commissioner,
who shall be elected at the general election for
delegates next succeeding the adoption of this
Constitution, shall commence at the expiration
of the commisions of the present lottery com-
missioners, and continue for two years, and
till the qualification of his successor.
SEC. 5. From and after the first day of
April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, no
lottery scheme shall be drawn, for any pur-
pose whatever, nor shall any lottery ticket be
sold in this State; and it shall be the duly of
the several commissioners elected under this
Constitution, to make such contract or con
tracts as will extinguish all existing lottery
grants before the said first day of April, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-nine, and also secure
to the State a clear yearly revenue equal to the
average amount derived by the State from the
system for the last five years; but no such
contract or contracts shall be valid until ap-
proved by the treasury and comptroller.
SEC. 6. There shall be a commissioner of
the land office elected by the qualified voter |
of the State, at the first general election of
delegates to the assembly after the ratification
of this Constitution, who shall hold his office
for the term of six years from the first day of
January next after his election. The returns
of said election shall be made to the Govern-
or, and in the event of a tie between any two
or more candidates, the Governor shall direct
a new election to be held by writs to the sev-
eral sheriffs, who shall hold said election after
at least twenty days notice, exclusive of the
day of election. The said commissioner shall
sit as judge of the land office, and receive
therefor the sum of two hundred dollars per
annum, to be paid out of the State treasury.
He shall also perform the duties of the regis-
ter of the land office, and be entitled to re-
ceive therefor the fees now chargeable in said
office; and be shall also perform the duties of
examiner general, and be entitled to receive
therefor the fees now chargeable by said offi-
cer. The office of register of the land office
and examiner general shall be abolished from
and after the election and qualification of the
commissioner of the land office.
SEC. 7. The State librarian shall] be elected
by the joint vote of the two branches of the
legislature, for two years, and until his suc-
cessor shall be elected and qualified. His
salary shall be one thousand dollars per an-
num. He shall perform such duties as are
now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.
SEC. 8. The county authorities now known
as levy courts or county commissioners, shall
hereafter be styled " county commissioners,"
and shall be elected by general ticket, and
not by districts, by the voters of the several
counties, on the first Wednesday in Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
one, and on the same day in every second
year thereafter. Said commissioners shall
exercise such powers and duties only as the
legislature may from time to time prescribe;
but such powers and duties, and the tenure of
office, shall be uniform throughout the State,
and the legislature shall, at or before its sec-
ond regular session, after the adoption of this
Constitution, pass such laws as may be neces-
sary for determining the number for each
county, and ascertaining and defining the
powers, duties, and tenure of office of said
commissioners; and until the passage of such
laws the commissioners elected under this
Constitution shall have and exercise all the
powers and duties in their respective counties,
now exercised by the county authorities under
the laws of the State.
SEC. 9. The general assembly shall provide
by law for the election of road supervisors, in
the several counties, by the voters of the
election districts respectively, and may pro-
vide by law for the election or appointment of
such other county officers as may be required,
and are not herein provided for, and prescribe
their powers and duties; but the tenure of
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