veyor for each County and the City of
Baltimore, respectively, whose term of
office shall commence on the first Mon-
day of January next ensuing their elec-
tion; and whose duties and compensa-
tion shall be the same as are now, or
may hereafter be prescribed by Law.
And any vacancy in the office of Sur-
veyor, shall be rilled by the Commis-
sioners of the Counties, or by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, respec-
tively, for the residue of the term.
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
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 pre-
scribed by Law; and no appropriation
shall be made by Law, to pay for any
Clerk, or assistant to the Librarian:
And it shall be the duty of the Legis-
lature, at its first Session after the adop-
tion of this Constitution, 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.
Sec. 4. There shall be a Commis-
sioner of the Land Office, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall hold his office during the term
of the Governor, by whom he shall have
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been appointed, and until his successor
shall be appointed and qualified. He
shall perform such duties as are now re-
quired of the Commissioner of the Land
Office, or such as may hereafter be pre-
scribed 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 Oout of of the Treasury, and shall
charge such fees as are now, or may be
hereafter 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.
Sec. 5. The Commissioner of the
Land Office shall also, without addi-
tional compensation, collect, arrange,
classify, have charge of, and safely keep
all Papers, Records, Relics, and other
Memorials connected with the Early
History of Maryland, not belonging to
any other office.
Sec. 6. The qualified voters of Wor-
cester County shall, on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in the month
of November in the year eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-seven, and every two
years thereafter, elect a Wreck Master
for said County, whose duties and com-
pensation shall be the same as are now,
or may be hereafter, prescribed by Law;
the term of office of said Wreck Master
shall commence on the first Monday of
January, next succeeding his election,
and a vacancy in said office shall be
filled by the County Commissioners of
said County for the residue of the term.
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