State, it shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith 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 another in his place, who shall hold the
office for the unexpired term of the officer so removed.

ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.

County Commissioners—Surveyors—State Librarian—Commis-
sioner 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 there-
after, 1 elect a Surveyor for each county and the City of Balti-
more, respectively, whose term of office shall commence on the
first Monday of January next ensuing their election, and whose
duties and compensation shall be the same as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed by law. And any vacancy in the office of
Surveyor shall be filled by the Commissioners of the counties,
or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, respectively,
for the residue of the term.

SEC. 3. The State Librarian shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and shall hold his office during the term of the Governor, by
whom he shall have been appointed, and until his successor shall
be appointed and qualified. His salary shall be fifteen hundred
dollars a year; and he shall perform such duties as are now,
or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and no appropriation
shall be made by law to pay for any clerk, or assistant to the

* Thus amended by the Act of 1890, Chapter 255, and adopted by vote of the people No-
vember 3,1890.
1 Amended by Article XVII, Section 1.