ART. VII.] CONSTITUTION. 67
[SEC. 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on gen-
eral ticket of each county by the qualified voters of the several '
counties of the State, on the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day in the month of November, commencing in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-one; their number in each county,
their compensation, powers and duties shall be such as now
or may be hereafter prescribed by law, they shall be elected
at such times, in such numbers and for such periods not ex-
ceeding six years, as may be prescribed by law.]*
Commrs, of Washington County vs. Nesbit, 6 Md., 468, Commrs, of
Public Schools vs. County Commrs, of Allegany Co., 20 Md., 439. Wor-
man, et al. vs. Hagan, et al„ 78 Md., 152. Brown vs. Brooks, 95 Md.,
739. Prince George's Co. vs. Mitchell, 97 Md., 336.
SEC. 2. The qualified voters of each county and of the city |
County Com-
missioners. |
of Baltimore shall, on the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day 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 election,
and whose duties and compensation shall be the same as are
now or may hereafter be prescribed by law. And any va- |
Surveyor. |
cancy 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. |
Vacancy. |
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 during the term of the Governor, by
whom he shall have been appointed, and until his successor |
State Li-
brarian. |
shall be appointed and qualified. His salary shall be fifteen
hundred dollars a year; and he shall perform such duties as
are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and no ap-
propriation shall be made by law to pay for any clerk, or as-
sistant to the Librarian. And it shall be the duty of the
Legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this Con-
stitution, 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 vs. Harwood, 5 Md., 423, Silver vs. Magruder, 32 Md., 387. |
Salary.
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SEC. 4. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land Office,
who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the ad-
*Thus amended by Act of 1890, Chapter 255, and adopted by vote of people
November 3, 1890. |
Commissioner
of Land
Office. |
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