ART. Vl] CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE VI.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

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Section 1 . There shall be a Treasury Department, con-
sisting of a Comptroller, chosen by the qualified electors
of the State, at each regular election of members of the

Comptroller.

House of Delegates, who shall receive an annual salary
of two thousand five hundred dollars; and a Treasurer,
to be appointed by the two Houses of the Legislature, at
each regular session thereof, on joint ballot, who shall

Salary.
Treasurer.

receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred
dollars; and the terms of office of the said Comptroller

Salary.

and Treasurer shall be for two years, and until their suc-
cessors shall qualify; and neither of the said officers shall
be allowed, or receive any fees, commissions or perqui-
sites of any kind in addition to his salary for the per-
formance of any duty or services whatsoever. In case

Term,

of a vacancy in either of the offices by death, or other-
wise, 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

Vacancies.

keep their offices at the seat of Government, and shall
take such oath, and enter into such bonds for the faith-
ful discharge of their duties as are now, or may hereafter
be prescribed by law.

Thomas v. Owens, 4. Md. 189. Archer v. State, 74 Md. 410 and
443. Davidson v. Brice, 91 Md. 682.

Bonds.

Sec. 2. The Comptroller shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall
digest and prepare plans for the improvement and man-
agement of the revenue, and for the support of the pub-
lic credit; prepare 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 revenue; pre-
serve all public accounts; decide on the forms of keep-
ing 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 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 for-
malities of the transfer of stock, or other evidence of the

Comptroller's
duties.