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Maryland Manual, 1897
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152 MARYLAND MANUAL.

Treasurer, with the Governor and Comptroller, shall file
in the office of the Comptroller a statement of the count
and destruction of coupons; he shall invest the surplus
funds for the use of the sinking fund; if overdue State
securities cannot be had the Treasurer may invest in the
securities of the State; such securities shall be cancelled
by the Treasurer. (Article 95 of the Code.) The Treas-
urer shall receive the moneys of the State, and disburse
the same on the warrant of the Comptroller, but only for
the purposes of the State, and according to law. He
shall report quarterly to the Comptroller. (Article VI,
section 3, of the Constitution )

Trustees of the Poor.—Have control and management
of the Almshouses; may bind out children under their
care. (Article 6, section 17, of the Code.)

Trust Clerks— Of Circuit Courts I and 2 of Baltimore
city to be paid $2500 per annum. (Ch. 438, Act of 1896.)

Wharfinger, State.---The Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, shall biennially appoint
one or more persons of integrity as wharfingers, in the
city of Baltimore. Appointed under the fifty-day rule.
Bond, $5000, approved by the Governor. Qualifies before
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city. His
duty is to take charge of the wharves to which he may
be directed and authorized, belonging to the State, and
collect the rates of wharfage; he shall deposit four-fifths
so collected to the credit of the State Treasurer, and re-
tain one-fifth as compensation for collecting the same.
He shall, on the first day of May and November in each
year, render upon oath to the Treasurer, an account of all
monies collected by him for wharfage, during the pre-
ceding half year. He must preserve, and have control of,
State wharves; he must collect wharfage before a justice
of the peace; in addition to fees of one-fifth collected,
the Wharfinger shall have $250 annual salary; the wharf
on the south side of Pratt street shall be under his
charge; he may rent for a period not longer than a year,
any part of wharf fronting on south end of State Tobacco
Warehouse, between Dugan's wharf and O'Donnell's
wharf; he must give boats loaded with tobacco for in-
spection preference, and make no charge unless these
boats have a mixed cargo. (Article 98, of the Code.)

Weighers of Grain.- -Appointed by the Governor by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. There

 

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