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MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. VII

and duties shall be such as now or may be hereafter pre-
scribed 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.]*

Commrs, of Washington County v. Neshit, 6 Md. 468.
Commrs, of Public Schools v. County Commrs, of Allegany Co.,
20 Md. 439.

Surveyor.

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 cretion, and whose duties
and compensation shall be the same as are now or may

Vacancy.

hereafter be prescribed by law. And any vacancy in
the office of Surveyor shall be filled by the Commis-
sioners of the Counties, or by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, respectively, for the residue of the term.

State Libra-
rian.

Sec. 3. The State Librarian shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and shall hold his office daring the term of the
Governor, by whom he shall have been appointed, and
until his successor shall be appointed and qualified.

Salary.

His salary shall be fifteen hundred dollars a year; and
he shall perform such duties as are now, or may here-
after be prescribed by Law; and no appropriation 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 discharge of his duties.

Marshall v. Harwood, 5 'Md. 423. Silver v. Magruder 32
Md. 387.

Commissioner
of Land Office

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

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