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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- |
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Vacancy. |
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. |
State Li-
brarian. |
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 |
Salary.
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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. |
Commissioner
of Land
Office. |
SEC. 4. There shall be a Commissioner of the Land Office,
who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his office during
the term of the Governor, by whom he shall have been ap- |
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Duties. |
pointed, and until his successor shall be appointed and qual-
ified. He shall perform such duties as are now required of
the Commissioner of the Land Office, or such as may here- |
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Salary. |
after be prescribed by law, and shall also be the Keeper of the
Chancery Records. He shall receive a salary of one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the Treas-
ury, and shall charge such fees as are now, or may be here-
after fixed by law. He shall make a semi-annual report of all
the fees of his office, both as Commissioner of the Land Office
and as Keeper of the Chancery Records, to the Comptroller of
the Treasury, and shall pay the same semi-annually into the
Treasury. |
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State papers. |
SEC. 5. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also,
without additional compensation, collect, arrange, classify,
have charge of and safely keep all papers, records, relics and
other memorials connected with the early history of Mary-
land, not belonging to any other office. |
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