126 MARYLAND MANUAL.
The Department of Law of Maryland was established by Chapter
560 of the Acts of 1916 and provides that its head shall be the Attorney
General of the State who is, by said Act, authorized to appoint three
Assistant Attorneys General at a salary of $2,500 each.
This Department is charged with the duty of acting as counsel to the
various Boards, Commissions and officials except the Public Service Com-
mission, the Election Supervisors of the State, the Boards of School
' Commissioners and any County Boards or officers.
Treasury Department.
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE—Annapolis.
Name. Postoffice.
Comptroller:
Hugh A. McMullen.. ............................... Cumberland
Chief Clerk:
Harry J. Hopkins, ................................... .Annapolis
Assistant Clerks:
Thomas A. Murray, Jr................................ .Baltimore
Benjamin P. Butler...................................... Towson
Milton L. Tull. ...................................... .Annapolis
Louis S. Clayton. .................................... .Annapolis
Louis B. Keene. .................................... .Golden Hill
William F. Keys. .............. ..................... .Brentwood
Stenographer:
Myrtle Armstrong ................................. Port Deposit
Messenger:
J. Philip Beall. ...................................... .Annapolis
The Comptroller is elected by the people for a term. of two years from
the third Monday in January next ensuing his election, and appoints all
officers in his office.
The Comptroller shall have the general superintendence of the fiscal
affairs of the State; he shall digest and prepare plans for the improve-
ment and management of the revenue, and for the support of the public
credit; prepare and report estimates of the revenue and expenditures of
the State; superintend and enforce the prompt collection of all taxes
and revenue; adjust and settle, on terms prescribed by law, with delin-
quent collectors and receivers of taxes and State revenue; preserve all
public accounts; decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts;
grant, under regulations, prescribed by law, all warrants for money to be
paid out of the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law, and
countersign all cheeks drawn by the Treasurer upon any bank or banks,
in which the moneys of the State may, from time to time, be deposited;
prescribe the formalities of the transfer of stock, or other evidence of
the State debt, and countersign the same, without which such evidence
shall not be valid; he shall make to the General Assembly full reports of
all his proceedings, and of the state of the treasury department, within
ten days after the commencement of each session; and perform such
other duties as shall be prescribed by law.
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