by the Comptroller or his duly authorized deputy and not
otherwise. The Treasurer or such of his deputies as may be
authorized to do so by the Legislature shall take receipts for
all moneys paid from the Treasury Department; and receipt
for moneys received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants
signed by the Comptroller, or such deputy as may be author-
ized to do so by law, without which warrants, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money received into the Treasury shall
be valid; and upon warrants issued by the Comptroller, or his
duly authorized deputy, the Treasurer shall make arrange-
ments 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 in-
tended 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 cancelled; but the Legisla-
ture may make provisions for the loss of certificates, or
other evidences of the debt; and may prescribe, by law, the
manner in which the Treasurer shall receive 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, wilful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the
funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor forth-

*Thus amended by the Acts of 1929, Chapter 133, and adopted by the people
of the State at the November election of 1930.