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such Laws to promote Volunteer Militia Organizations as may
afford them effectual encouragement.

SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. He shall hold his office until the appointment and
qualification of his successor, or until removed in pursu-
ance of the sentence of a court-martial. He shall perform
such duties, and receive such compensation or emoluments
as are now or may be prescribed by law. He shall discharge
the duties of his office at the seat of government, unless ab-
sent, under orders, on duty: and no other officer of the General
Staff of the Militia shall receive salary or pay, except when
on service and mustered in with troops.

SEC. 3. The existing Militia Law of the State shall expire
at the end of the next session of the General Assembly, except
so far as it may be re-enacted, subject to the provisions of
this Article.

ARTICLE X.

LABOR AND AGRICULTURE.

SECTION 1. There shall be a Superintendent of Labor and
Agriculture, elected by the qualified voters of this State at
the first General election for Delegates to the General Assembly
after the adoption of this Constitution, who shall hold his
office for the term of four years, and until the election and
qualification of his successor.

SEC. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those pre-
scribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and enter upon
the duties of his office on the second Monday of January
next succeeding the time of his election; and a vacancy in
the office shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the
term.

SEC. 3. He shall perform such of the duties now devolved
by Law upon the Commissioner of Immigration, and the
Immigration Agent, as will promote the object for which
those officers were appointed, and such other duties as may
be assigned to him by the General Assembly, and shall
receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year; and
after his election and qualification, the offices before men-
tioned shall cease.

SEC. 4. He shall supervise all the State Inspectors of
agricultural products and fertilizers; and from time to time
shall carefully examine and audit their accounts, and pre-
scribe regulations not inconsistent with Law, tending to