ART. VII.] CONSTITUTION. 67
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 prac-
ticable. And the Treasurer shall qualify within one month
after his appointment by the Legislature.
Archer vs. State, 74 Md., 410. |
Time of quali-
fication. |
SEC. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the Comp-
troller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in office,
willful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the funds of
the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith to no-
tify 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 sus-
tained, it shall be the duty of the Governor to remove said of-
fending officer and appoint another in his place, who shall hold
the office for the unexpired term of the officer so removed.
ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners—Surveyor—State Librarian—Com-
missioner of the Land Office—Wreck Master. |
Removal. |
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., 438. 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. |
County Com-
missioners. |
SEC. 2. The qualified voters of each county and of the city
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
*Thus amended by Act of 1890, Chapter 255, and adopted by vote of people
November 3 1890 |
Surveyor.
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