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484 MARYLAND MANUAL by him from time to time, rendered and settled with the Comptroller. ile 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. ARTICLE VII. SUNDRY OFFICEES County Commissioners-Surveyors-St ate Librarian-Com missioner of the Land Office—Wreck Master. SECTIoN 1. county Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket of each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of the State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, commencing in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; their number in each county, their compensation, powers and duties shall be such as now or may be hereafter prescribed by law; they shall be elected at such times, in such numbers and for such periods not exceeding six years, as may be prescribed by law.* Sec. 2. The qualified voters of each county and of the City of Baltimore shall, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and on the same day in every second year thereafter,1 elect a Surveyor for each county and the City of Baltimore, respectively, whose term of office shall commence on the first Monday of January next en- suing their election, and whose duties and compensation *Thus amended by Act of 1890, Chapter 255, and adopted by vote of people November 3, 1890. ‘Amended by Article XVII. Section 1. |
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