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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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[STATE FINANCES]

COMPARISON

Headnotes

Present
Constitution

Constitution of
1867

Constitution of
1864

Constitution of
1851

Constitution of
1776

Amendments to
1776 Constitution

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall
be elected on joint ballot by
the two Houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly at each regu-
lar session thereof. He shall
hold his office for two years,
and shall receive an annual
salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars, but shall not be al-
lowed, nor shall he receive
any fees, commissions, or
perquisites of any kind in ad-
dition thereto, for the per-
formance of any official duty
or service. He shall keep his
office at the seat of govern-
ment, and shall take such
oath and enter into such
bond for the faithful dis-
charge of his duty as are
now or may hereafter be
prescribed by law. A vacancy
in the office of Treasurer
shall be filled by the Gover-
nor for the residue of the
term.

The General Assembly at
its first session after the
adoption of this Constitu-
tion shall elect a Treasurer,
but the Treasurer then elec-
ted, shall not enter upon
the discharge of the duties
of his office until the expi-
ration of the term of the
present incumbent, unless the
said office shall sooner be-
come vacant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comptroller:
Duties.

Sec. 2. The Comptroller
shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal af-
fairs of the State; he shall
digest and prepare plans for
the improvement and man-
agement 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

Sec. 2. The Comptroller
shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal af-
fairs of the State; he shall
digest and prepare plans for
the improvement and man-
agement of the Revenue,
and for the support of the
Public Credit; prepare and
report estimates of the Reve-
nue and Expenditures of the
State; superintend and en-
force the prompt collection
of all Taxes and Revenue;
adjust and settle, on terms,

Sec. 3. The Comptroller
shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal af-
fairs of the State; he shall
digest and prepare plans for
the improvement and man-
agement of the revenue, and
for the support of the public
credit; prepare and report
estimates of the revenue and
expenditure of the State;
superintend and enforce the
collection of all taxes and
revenue; adjust, settle and
preserve all public accounts;

Sec. 2. The Comptroller
shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal af-
fairs of the State: he shall
digest and prepare plans for
the improvement and man-
agement of the revenue, and
for the support of the public
credit; prepare and report
estimates of the revenue and
expenditure of the State;
superintend and enforce the
collection of all taxes and
revenue; adjust, settle and
preserve all public accounts;

 

 

 

 

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