ART. VIl] CONSTITUTION.

rendered and settled with the Comptroller. He shall at
all times submit to the Comptroller the inspection of the
money in his hands, and perform all other duties that
shall be prescribed by Law.

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Sec. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the third Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter
as practicable. And the Treasurer shall qualify within
one month after his appointment by the Legislature.
Archer v. State, 74 Md. 410.

Time of quali-
fication.

Sec. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the
Comptroller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance
in office, wilful neglect g( duty, or misappropriation of
the funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Gov-
ernor forthwith to notify the party so charged, and fix a
day for a hearing of said charges; and if from the evi-
dence taken, under oath on said hearing before the Gov-
ernor, the said allegations shall be sustained, it shall be
the duty of the Governor to remove said offending officer
and appoint another in his place, who shall hold the
office for the unexpired term of the officer so removed.

ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.
County Com-missioners — Surveyor — State Librarian — Com-
missioner of the Land Office — Wreck Master.

Removal.

Section 1 . County Commissioners shall be elected on
general ticket of each county by the qualified voters of
the several counties of this State, on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day
in every second year thereafter. Their number in each
county, their compensation, powers and duties, shall be
such as are now or may be hereafter prescribed by Law,

County Com.
missioners.

[Sec. 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on
general ticket of each county by the qualified voters of
the several counties of the State, on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of November, com-
mencing in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one;
their number in each county, their compensation, powers

County Com-