66 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. VI.
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partment within ten days after the commencement of each
session; and. perform such other duties as shall be prescribed
by law.
Billingsley vs. State, 14 Md., 369. |
Treasurer's
duties. |
SEC. 3. The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of the
State, and, until otherwise prescribed by law, deposit them,
as soon as received, to the credit of the State, in such bank or
banks as he may, from time to time, with the approval of the
Governor, select, the said bank or banks giving security, sat-
isfactory to the Governor, for the safekeeping and forthcom-
ing, when required, of said deposits, and shall disburse the
same for the purposes of the State, according to law, upon
warrants drawn by the Comptroller, and on checks counter-
signed by him, and not otherwise; he shall take receipts for
all moneys paid by him; and receipts for moneys received by
him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comp-
troller, without which warrants, so signed, no acknowledg-
ment of money received into the Treasury shall be valid; and
upon warrants, issued by the Comptroller, he shall make ar-
rangements for the payment of the interest of the public debt,
and for the purchase thereof, 'on account of the sinking fund.
Every bond, certificate, or other evidence of the debt of the
State shall be signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by
the Comptroller; and no new certificate or other evidence in-
tended to replace another shall be issued until the old one
shall be delivered to the Treasurer, and authority executed
in due form for the transfer of the same filed in his office, and
the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof, and the
certificate or other evidence cancelled; but the Legislature
may make provisions for the loss of certificates, or other evi-
dences of the debt; and may prescribe, by law, the manner
in which the Treasurer shall receive and keep the moneys of
the State.
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Accounts. |
SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly
to the Comptroller, and shall publish monthly, in such news-
papers 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 Comp-
troller. 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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