next succeeding the time of his election; and a vacancy in the
office shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term.

SEC. 3. He shall perform such of the duties now devolved
by law upon the Commissioners of Immigration and the Im-
migration Agent, as will promote the object for which those
officers were appointed, and such other duties as may be as-
signed to him by the General Assembly, and shall receive a
salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year; and after his
election and qualification, the offices before mentioned shall
cease.

SEC. 4. He shall supervise all the State inspectors of
agricultural products and fertilizers, and from time to time shall
carefully examine and audit their accounts, and prescribe reg-
lations not inconsistent with law, tending to secure economy
and efficiency in the business of their offices. He shall have the
supervision of the tobacco warehouses, and all other buildings
used for inspection and storage purposes by the State; and
may, at the discretion of the Legislature, have the supervision
of all public buildings now belonging to, or which may here-
after, be erected by the State. He shall frequently inspect
such buildings as are committed to his charge, and examine all
accounts for labor and materials required for their construction
or repairs.

SEC. 5. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources of
wealth of the State of Maryland, more especially concerning
those within the limits of the Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
taries, which belong to the State, and suggest such plans as
may be calculated to render them available as sources of
revenue.

SEC. 6. He shall make detailed reports to every General
Assembly within the first week of its session, in reference to
each of the subjects committed to his charge, and he shall
also report to the Governor, in the recess of the Legislature,
all abuses or irregularities which he may find to exist in any
department of public affairs with which his office is connected.

SEC. 7. The office hereby established shall continue for
four years from the date of the qualification of the first in-
cumbent thereof, and shall then expire, unless continued by
the Genera] Assembly.