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ceipts for all moneys paid by him; and receipts for moneys
received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by
the Comptroller, without which warrants, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money received into the Treasury shall
be valid; and upon warrants, issued by the Comptroller, he
shall make arrangements for the payment of the interest of
the public debt, and for the purchase thereof, on account of
the sinking fund. Every bond, certificate, or other evidence
of the debt of the State shall be signed by the Treasurer, and
countersigned by the Comptroller; and no new certificate or
other evidence intended to replace another shall be issued
until the old one shall be delivered to the Treasurer, and
authority executed in due form for the transfer of the same
filed in his office, and the transfer accordingly made on the
books thereof, and the certificate or other evidence can-
celled ; but the Legislature may make provisions for the loss
of certificates, or other evidences of the debt; and may pre-
scribe, by law, the manner in which the Treasurer shall re-
ceive and keep the moneys of the State.
SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly
to the Comptroller, and shall publish monthly, in such news-
papers as the Governor may direct, an abstract thereof,
showing the amount of cash on hand, and the place or places
of deposit thereof; and on the third day of each regular ses-
sion of the Legislature he shall submit to the Senate and
House of Delegates fair and accurate copies of all accounts
by him from time to time, rendered and settled with the
Comptroller. He shall at all times submit to the Comp-
troller the inspection of the money in his .hands, and per-
form all other duties that shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the third Monday of January next suc-
ceeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable. And the Treasurer shall qualify within one
month after his appointment by the Legislature.
SEC. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature
charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the
Comptroller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in
office, willful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the
funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor forth-
with to notify the party so charged, and fix a day for a
hearing of said charges; and if from the evidence taken,
under oath on said hearing before the Governor, the said
allegations shall be sustained, it shall be the duty of the
Governor to remove said offending officer and appoint an-
other in his place, who shall hold the office for the unexpired
term of the officer so removed.
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