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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 Legis-
lature, 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; perpare and
report estimates of the revenue and expenditures 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 rev-
enue; preserve all public accounts; decide on the forms of
keeping and stating accounts; grant, under regulations pre-
scribed by law, all warrants for money to be paid out of the
Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by Law; and coun-
tersign 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, and countersign
the same, without which such evidence shall not be valid; he
shall make to the General Assembly full reports of all his pro-
ceedings, and of the State of the treasury department, within
ten days after the commencement of each session; and per-
form such other duties as shall be prescribed 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
or banks as he may, from time to time, with the approval of
the Governor, select (the said bank or banks giving security,
satisfactory to the Governor, for the safe keeping and forth-
coming, when required, of said deposits) and shall disburse
the same for the purposes of the State, according to law, upon
warrants, drawn by the Comptroller; and on checks counter-
signed by him, and not otherwise; he shall take receipts for all
moneys paid by him; and receipts for money received by him
shall be endorsed 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 arrange-
ments for the payment of the interest of the public debt, and
for the purchase thereof on account of the sinking fund.
Every bond, certificate, or other evidence of the debt of the
State, shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by