according to law, upon warrants, drawn by the Comptroller;
and on checks countersigned by him, and not otherwise; he
shall take receipts for all moneys paid by him; and receipts
for money received by him shall beendorsed upon warrants '
signed by the Comptroller; without which warrants, so
signed, no acknowledgments of money received into the
treasury shall be valid; and upon warrants, issued by the
Comptroller, he shall make arrangements for the payment
of the interest of the public debt, and for the purchase
thereof on account of the sinking fund. Every bond, cer-
tificate, or other evidence of the debt of the State, shall
be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Comp-
troller; 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 transfer of the same 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 provisions for the loss of certificates, or other
evidences of the debt; and may prescribe by Law, the
manner in which the Treasurer shall receive and keep the
moneys of the State.

SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly
to the Comptroller, and shall publish monthly, in such
newspapers as the Governor may direct, an abstract thereof,
showing the amount of cash on hand, and the place or
places of deposit thereof; and on the third day of each reg-
ular session of the Legislature he shall submit to the Senate
and House of Delegates fair and accurate copies of all
accounts 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 money in his hands, and
perform all other duties that shall be prescribed by Law.

SEC. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the third Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable. And the Treasurer shall qualify within one
month after his appointment by the Legislature.

SEC. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the
Comptroller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in
office, wilful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the
funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor