362 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 6, Sec. 2]
sors shall qualify; and neither of the said officers shall be
allowed, or receive any fees, commissions or perquisites of
any kind in addition to his salary for the performance of
any duty or services whatsoever. In case of a vacancy in
either of the offices by death or otherwise, the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall fill
such vacancy by appointment, to continue until another
election or a choice by the Legislature, as the case may be,
and until the qualification of the successor. The Comp-
troller and the Treasurer shall keep their offices at the seat
of government, and shall take such oath, and enter into
such bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties as are
now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law.1
SEC. 2. The Comptroller shall have the general super-
intendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall digest
and prepare plans for the improvement and management
of the revenue, and for the support of the public credit;
prepare and report estimates of the revenue and expendi-
tures of the State; superintend and enforce the prompt
collection of all taxes and revenue; adjust and settle, on
terms prescribed by law, with delinquent collectors and re-
ceivers of taxes and State revenue; preserve all public ac-
counts ; and decide on the forms of keeping and stating ac-
counts. He, or such of his deputies as may be authorized
to do so by the Legislature, shall grant, under regulations
prescribed by Law, all warrants for money to be paid out
of the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law,
and countersign all checks drawn by the Treasurer upon
any bank or banks in which the moneys of the State, may,
from time to time, be deposited. He shall prescribe the
formalities of the transfer of stock, or other evidence of
the State debt, and countersign the same, without which
such evidence shall not be valid; he shall make to the Gen-
eral Assembly full reports of all his proceedings, and of
the state of the Treasury Department within ten days after
the commencement of each session; and perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed by law.2
SEC. 3. The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of the
State, and, until otherwise prescribed by law, deposit them,
as soon as received, to the credit of the State, in such bank
or banks as he may, from time to time, with the approval
of the Governor, select (the said bank or banks giving
security, satisfactory to the Governor, for the safekeeping
* Thua amended ty Chapter 111, Acts ol 1922, ratified Movember 7, 1922.
2 Thus amended by Chapter 133, Acts of 1929, ratified November 4, 1930.
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