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veyor shall be filled by the Commissioners of the Counties,
or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, respect-
ively, for the residue of the term.
SEC. 3. The State Librarian shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and shall hold his office during the term of the Gov-
ernor, by whom be shall have been appointed, and until
his successor shall be appointed and qualified. His salary
shall be fifteen hundred dollars a year; and he shall per-
form such duties as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed
by Law; and no appropriation shall be made by Law to
pay for any clerk, or assistant to the Librarian. And it
shall be the duty of the Legislature, at its first session after
the adoption of this Constitution, to pass a Law regulating
the mode and manner in which the books in the Library
shall be kept and accounted for by the Librarian, and
requiring the Librarian to give a bond, in such penalty as
the Legislature may prescribe, for the proper discharge of
his duties.
SEC. 4. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land Office,
who shall he appointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his office
during the term of the Governor, by whom he. shall have
been appointed, and until his successor shall be appointed
and qualified. He shall perform such duties as are now
required of the Commissioner of the Land Office, or such
as may hereafter be prescribed by Law, and shall also be
the Keeper of the Chancery Records. He shall receive a
salary of one thousand five hundred dollars por annum, to
be paid out of the treasury, and shall charge such fees as
are now, or may be hereafter fixed by Law. He shall
make a semi-annual report of all the fees of his office, both
as Commissioner of the Land office, and as Keeper of the
Chancery Records, to the Comptroller of the Treasury,
and shall pay the same semi-annually into the treasury.
SEC. 5. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also,
without additional compensation, collect, arrange, classify,
have charge of, and safely keep all papers, records, relics,
and other memorials connected with the early history of
Maryland, not belonging to any other office.
SEC. 6. The qualified voters of Worcester County shall
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month
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