ARTICLE X.
LABOR AND AGRICULTURE'.

SECTION 1. There shall be a Superintendent of Labor
and Agriculture elected by the qualified voters of this State
at the first general election for Delegates to the General
Assembly, after the adoption of this Constitution, who shall
hold his office for the term of four years, and until the
election and qualification of his successor..

SEC. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those pre-
scribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and enter upon
the duties of his office on the second Monday of January
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 de-
volved by law upon the Commissioner of Immigration, and
the Immigration Agent, as will promote the object for
which those officers were appointed, and such other duties
as may be assigned 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 pre-
scribe regulations not inconsistent with law, tending to se-
cure 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 pur-
poses by the State; and may, at the discretion of the Leg-
islature, have the supervision of all public buildings now
belonging to, or which may hereafter 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. 6. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources
of wealth of the State of Maryland, more especially con-
cerning those within the limits of the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries, which belong to the State, and suggest such
plans as may be calculated to render them available as
sources of revenue..

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