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several counties of the State, on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November, commencing in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; their number in each
county, their compensation, powers and duties shall be such
as now or may be hereafter prescribed by law, they shall be
elected at such times, in such numbers and for such periods,
not exceeding six years, as may be prescribed by law.*

SEC. 2. The qualified voters of each County and of the
City of Baltimore shall on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day in every
second year thereafter, elect a Surveyor for each County
and the City of Baltimore, respectively, whose term of
office shall commence on the first Monday of January next
ensuing their election, and whose duties and compensation
shall be the same as are now. or may hereafter be pre-
scribed by Law. And any vacancy in the office of Sur-
veyor shall be filled by the Commissioners of the Counties, or
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, respectively,
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 Governor, by whom
he shall have been appointed, and until his successor shall
be appointed and qualified. His salary shall be fifteen hun-
dred dollars a year; and he shall perform such duties as are
now, or may hereafter be prescribed by Law; and no appro-
priation 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 dis-
charge of his duties.

SEC. 4. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land office,
who shall be 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

*Thus amended by Act 1890, chapter 255, and adopted by vote of
the people, November 3, 1890.