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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS

[STATE FINANCES]

COMPARISON

Headnotes

Present
Constitution

Constitution of
1867

Constitution of
1864

Constitution of
1851

Constitution of
1776

Amendments to
1776 Constitution

 

 

by Law, with delinquent col-
lectors and receivers of
taxes and State revenue; pre-
serve all public accounts;
and decide on the forms
of keeping and stating ac-
counts. He, or such of his
deputies as may be author-
ized to do so by the Legis-
lature, shall grant, under
regulations prescribed by
Law, all warrants for money
to be paid out of the Treas-
ury, in pursuance of appro-
priations by Law, and coun-
tersign all checks drawn by
the Treasurer upon any bank
or banks in which the
moneys of the State, may,
from time to time, be de-
posited. He shall prescribe
the formalities of the trans-
fer of stock, or other evi-
dence of the State debt, and
countersign the same, with-
out which such evidence
shall not be valid; he shall
make to the General Assem-
bly full reports of all his pro-
ceedings, and of the state of
the Treasury Department
within ten days after the
commencement of each ses-
sion; and perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed
by Law.

prescribed by Law, with de-
linquent Collectors and Re-
ceivers of taxes and State
revenue; preserve all Public
Accounts; decide on the
forms of keeping and stating
Accounts; grant, under reg-
ulations, prescribed by Law,
all warrants for money to be
paid out of the Treasury, in
pursuance of appropriations
by Law; and countersign all
checks drawn by the Treas-
urer upon any Bank or
Banks, in which the moneys
of the State may, from time
to time, be deposited; pre-
scribe the formalities of the
transfer of stock, or other
evidence of the State Debt,
and countersign the same,
without which, such Evi-
dence shall not be valid; he
shall make to the General
Assembly full Reports of all
his proceedings, and of the
state of the Treasury Depart-
ment, within ten days after
the commencement of each
Session; and perform such
other duties as shall be pre-
scribed by Law.

decide on the forms of keep-
ing and stating accounts;
grant, under regulations pre-
scribed by law, all warrants
for moneys to be paid out
of the Treasury, in pursu-
ance of appropriations by
law; prescribe the formalities
of the transfer of stock or
other evidences of the State
debt, and countersign the
same, without which such
evidences shall not be valid;
he shall make full reports
of all his proceedings, and of
the state of the Treasury De-
partment within ten days
after the commencement of
each session of the General
Assembly, and perform such
other duties as are now or
may hereafter be prescribed
by law.

decide on the forms of keep-
ing and stating accounts
grant, under regulations
prescribed by law, all war-
rants for moneys to be paid
out of the treasury, in pur-
suance of appropriations by
law; prescribe the formali-
ties of the transfer of stock
or other evidences of the
State debt; and countersign
the same, without which
such evidences shall not be
valid; he shall make full re-
ports of all his proceedings,
and of the state of the
Treasury Department within
ten days after the com-
mencement of each session
of the Legislature, and per-
form such other duties as
shall be prescribed by law.

 

 

 

 

Treasurer:
Duties

Sec. 3. The Treasurer
shall receive the moneys of
the State, and, until other-
wise prescribed by Law, de-
posit them, as soon as re-
ceived, to the credit of the
State, in such bank or banks
as he may, from time to
time, with the approval of
the Governor, select (the
said bank or banks giving
security satisfactory to the
Governor, for the safekeep-
ing and forthcoming, when
required of said deposits),
and he or such of his depu-
ties as may be authorized to

Sec. 3. The Treasurer
shall receive the moneys of
the State, and, until other-
wise prescribed by Law, de-
posit them, as soon as re-
ceived, to the credit of the
State, in such Bank, or
Banks, as he may, from time
to time, with the approval
of the Governor, select (the
said Bank or Banks giving
security, satisfactory to the
Governor, for the safe keep-
ing and forthcoming, when
required of said Deposits,)
and shall disburse the same
for the purposes of the State,

Sec. 5. The Treasurer
shall receive and keep the
moneys of the State, and dis-
burse the same upon war-
rants drawn by the Comp-
troller and not otherwise;
he shall take receipts for all
moneys paid by him, and
all receipts for moneys re-
ceived by him shall be en-
dorsed upon warrants signed
by the Comptroller, without
which warrant, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money
received into the Treasury
shall be valid; and upon
warrants issued by the

Sec. 3. The Treasurer
shall receive and keep the
moneys of the State, and
disburse the same upon war-
rants drawn by the Comp-
troller, and not otherwise;
he shall take receipts for all
moneys paid by him, and
all receipts for moneys re-
ceived by him shall be en-
dorsed upon warrants signed
by the Comptroller, without
which warrant, so signed, no
acknowledgement of money
received into the Treasury
shall be valid; and upon
warrants issued by the

 

 

 

 

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