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482 MARYLAND MANUAL. ARTICLE VI. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Section 1. There shall be a Treasury Department, con- sisting of a Comptroller, chosen by the qualified electors of the State, at each general election at which the Governor is chosen, who shall receive such salary as may be fixed by law; and a Treasurer, to be appointed by the two Houses of the Legislature, at each regular session thereof, in which begins the term of Governor, on joint ballot, who shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; and the terms of office of the said Comptroller and Treasurer shall be for four years, and until their successors shall qualify; and neither of the said officers shall be allowed, or receive any fees, commissions or perquisites of any kind in addition to his salary for the performance of any duty or services whatsoever. In case of a vacancy in either of the offices by death or otherwise, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall fill such vacancy by appoint- ment, to continue until another election or a choice by the Legislature, as the case may be, and until the qualification of the successor. The Comptroller and the Treasurer shall keep their offices at the seat of government, and shall take such oath, and enter into such bonds for the faithful dis- charge of their duties as are now, or may hereafter be pre- scribed by law.’ SEC. 2. The Comptroller shall have the general superin- tendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management 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 by law, with delinquent collectors and receivers of taxes and State revenue; preserve all public accounts; and decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts. He, or such of his deputies as may be authorized to do so by the Legisla- ture, shall grant, under regulations prescribed by Law, all warrants for money to be paid out of the Treasury, in pur- suance of appropriations by law, and countersign 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 transfer of stock, or other evidence of the State debt, and counter- sign the same, without which such evidence shall not be valid; he shall make to the General Assembly full reports of all his * Thus amended by the Act of 1922, Chapter 141, and adopted by the people November, 1922. |
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