ART. X] CONSTITUTION. 73
Sec. 3. He shall perform such of the duties now de-
volved 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 Assem-
bly, and shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars a year; and after his election and qualification,
the offices before mentioned 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 prescribe regulations not inconsistent with Law,
tending to secure economy and efficiency in the business
of their offices. He shall have the supervision of the
Tobacco Warehouses, and all other buildings used for
inspection and storage purposes by the State; and may,
at the discretion of the legislature, have the supervision
of all public buildings now belonging to, or which may
hereafter be, erected by the State. He shall frequently
inspect such buildings as are committed to his charge,
and examine all accounts for labor and materials required
tor their construction or repairs.
Sec. 5. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources
of wealth of the State of Maryland, more especially con-
cerning those within the limits of the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries, which, belong to the State, and sug-
gest such plans as may be calculated to render them
available as sources of revenue.
Sec. 6. He shall make detailed reports to every Gen-
eral Assembly within the first week of its session, in
reference to each of the subjects committed to his charge,
and he shall also report to the Governor, in the recess of
the Legislature, all abuses or irregularities which he
may find to exist in any department of public affairs
with which his office is connected.
Sec. 7 The office hereby established shall continue
for four years from the date of the qualification of the
first incumbent thereof, and shall then expire, unless
continued by the General Assembly.
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