on checks countersigned by the Comptroller or his duly au-
thorized 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 De-
partment; and receipt for moneys received by him shall be
endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comptroller, or such
deputy as may be authorized 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 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 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, show-
ing the amount of cash on hand, and the place or places of
deposit thereof; and on the third day of each regular session 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 Comptroller the inspection
of the money in his hands, and perform 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 prac-
ticable. 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 Comp-
troller or Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in office.
wilful neglect of duty, or misappropriation of the funds of the

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