SECTION 1. There shall be a Superintendent of Labor and
Agriculture elected by the qualified voters of this State at the
first general election for Delegates to the General Assembly
after the adoption of this Constitution, who shall hold his
office for the term of four years, and until the election and
qualification of his successor.

SEC. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those pre-
scribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and enter upon
the duties of his office on the second Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election; and a vacancy in the office
shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term.

SEC. 3. He shall perform such of the duties now devolved
by law upon the Commissioners of Immigration and the Im-
migration Agent, as will promote the object for which those
officers were appointed, and such other duties as may be as-
signed to him by the General Assembly, and shall receive a
salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year; and after his
election and qualification, the offices before mentioned shall
cease.

SEC. 4:. He shall supervise all the State inspectors of agri-
cultural products and fertilizers, and from time to time shall
carefully examine and audit their accounts, and prescribe
regulations not inconsistent with law, tending to secure econ-
omy and efficiency in the business of their offices. He shall
have the supervision of the tobacco warehouses, and all other
buildings used for inspection and storage purposes by the
State; and may, at the discretion, of the Legislature, have the
supervision of all public buildings now belonging to, or which.
may hereafter, be erected by the State. He shall frequently
inspect such buildings as are committed to his charge, and
examine all accounts for labor and materials required for
their construction or repairs.

SEC. 5. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources of
wealth of the State of Maryland, more specially concerning
those within the limits of the Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
taries, which belong to the State, and suggest such plans as
may be calculated to render them available as sources of
revenue.

SEC. 6. He shall make detailed reports to every General
Assembly within the first week of its session, in reference to
each of the subjects committed to his charge, and he shall also
report to the Governor, in the recess of the Legislature, all

*This Article expired by limitation.