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regular session thereof, on joint ballot, who shall receive
an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars;
and the terms of office of the said Comptroller and Treas-
urer shall be for two years, and until their successors shall
qualify; and neither of the said officers shall be allowed,
or receive any fees, commissions or perquisites of any kind,
in addition to his salary, for the performance of any duty
or services whatsoever. In case of a vacancy in either of
the offices by death, or otherwise, the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall fill such
vacancy by appointment, to continue until another election,
or a choice by the Legislature, as the case may be, and
until the qualification of the successor. The Comptroller
and the Treasurer shall keep their offices at the seat of
Government, and shall take such oath, and enter into such
bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties as are now,
or may hereafter be, prescribed by law.

SEC. 2. The Comptroller shall have the general superin-
tendence 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 expendi-
tures of the State; superintend and enforce the prompt
collection of all taxes and revenue; adjust and settle, on
terms prescribed by law, with delinquent collectors and
receivers of taxes and State revenue; preserve all public
accounts; decide on the forms of keeping and stating
accounts; grant, under regulations prescribed by law, all
warrants for money to be paid out of the Treasury, in pur-
suance of appropriations by Law; and countersign all
checks drawn by the Treasurer upon any bank or banks,
in which the moneys of the State may, from time to time,
be deposited; prescribe the formalities of the transfer of
stock, or other evidence of the State debt, ami countersign
the same, without which such evidence shall not be valid;
he shall make to the General Assembly full reports of all
his proceedings, and of the state of the treasury depart
ment, within ten days after the commencement of each
Session; and perform such other duties as shall be pre-
scribed by Law.

SEC. 3. The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of the
State, and, until otherwise prescribed by law, deposit them,
as soon as received, to the credit of the State, in such bank