66 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. VII.
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SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly |
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Accounts. |
to the Comptroller, and shall publish monthly, in such
newspapers as the Governor may direct, an abstract thereof,
showing the amount of cash on hand, and the place or places
of deposit thereof; and on the third day of each regular ses-
sion of the Legislature he shall submit to the Senate and
House of Delegates fair and accurate copies of all accounts
by him, from time to time, rendered and settled with the
Comptroller. He shall at all times submit to the Comp-
troller the inspection of the money in his hands, and per-
form all other duties that shall be prescribed by law. |
Time of quali-
fication. |
SEC. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the third Monday of January next suc-
ceeding 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.
SEC. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature |
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Removal. |
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the
Comptroller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in
office, wilful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the
funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor forth-
with to notify the party so charged, and fix a day for a
hearing of said charges; and if from the evidence taken,
under oath on said hearing before the Governor, the said
allegations shall be sustained, it shall be the duty of the
Governor to remove said offending officer and appoint an-
other in his place, who shall hold the office for the unex-
pired term of the officer so removed.
ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners—Surveyor—State Librarian—Com-
missioner of the Land Office—Wreck Master. |
County Com-
missioners. |
SECTION 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on gen-
eral ticket of each county by the qualified voters of the sev-
eral 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 compensa-
tion, powers and duties, shall be such as are now or may be
herafter prescribed by law. |
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