MARYLAND MANUAL. 85
The Governor's and Comptroller's sanctions must be
obtained by the State Treasurer to any investment he
makes of the State sinking fund. (Acts 1884, chapter
419, section 1.)
Vacancies of judges are filled by the Governor until
the next election for members of the General Assembly.
(Article 4, section 5, Constitution.)
The Governor can designate, in case of necessity, some
one to receive bills from the Legislature for him. (P.G.
L., Article 41, section 1.)
The Governor shall appoint six practising dentists as
a board of examiners of practitioners of dentistry. No
salary. (Chapter 378, Acts of 1896.)
The Governor appoints a veterinary surgeon to examine
cattle to prevent spread of pulmonary diseases among
them. Governor is to appoint three commissioners as
a State Sanitary Board. (P. G. L., Article 5, section 1.)
The Governor is authorized to direct the education of
deaf and dumb persons on certificate from the County
Commissioners of each county, or the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, in the State Institution for the
Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, for a term of not over
seven years, for which State pays for each $200 per
annum. (P. G. L., Article 30, section 2.)
The Governor is authorized to direct the education of
such blind indigent persons, over seven years, as shall be
recommended to him by the County Commissioners of
each county, or the judges of the Orphan's Court of Bal-
timore, in the Maryland Institution for the Instruction
of the blind, to which the State pays for each $300 per
annum. (P. G. L., Article 30, section 3.)
The Governor is authorized by Chapter 118, Acts of
1888, to appoint five citizens of Maryland as commis-
sioners, to serve without pay, to select and decide on
designs for tablets or monuments on the field of Gettys-
burg.
The Governor is authorized to appoint a notary public
in the town of Mechanicstown, Frederick county. (Acts
of 1890, chapter 12.)
The Governor is authorized to proclaim the names of
electors for President and Vice-President and Represen-
tatives in Congress duly elected. (P. G. L., Article 41,
section 15.)
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