Article VI

shall be to decide upon the elections and qualifications
of the Persons returned; and, in case of a tie between
two or more persons, to designate which of said persons
shall qualify as State's Attorney, and to administer the
oaths of office to the Person elected.

SEC. 9.¹⁴⁸ The State's Attorney shall perform such
duties and receive such salary as shall be prescribed by
the General Assembly. If any State's Attorney shall re-
ceive any other fee or reward than such as is or may be
allowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be re-
moved from office; provided, that the State's Attorney
for Baltimore City shall have the power to appoint a
Deputy and such other assistants as the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City may authorize or approve and until
otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the said
State's Attorney, Deputy and Assistants shall receive
the following annual salaries: State's Attorney, seven
thousand five hundred dollars; Deputy State's Attorney,
five thousand dollars; Assistant State's Attorneys, four
thousand dollars each; said salaries, or such salaries as
the General Assembly may subsequently provide and
such expenses for conducting the office of the State's
Attorney as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may
authorize or approve shall be paid by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore to the extent that the total of
them exceeds the fees of his office, or as the General
Assembly shall otherwise provide, and the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall not be liable for appear-
ance fees to the State's Attorney.

SEC. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of
State's Attorney, who has not been admitted to practice
Law in this State, and who has not resided, for at least
two years, in the county, or city, in which he may be
elected.

SEC. II.¹⁴⁹ In case of a vacancy in the office of
State's Attorney, or of his removal from the county or
city in which he shall have been elected, or on his con-
viction as herein specified, the Judge or Judges resident
in the county or, if there be no resident Judge, the
Judge or Judges having jurisdiction in the Circuit Court
of the county in which the vacancy occurs, or by the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City for a vacancy occur-
ring in Baltimore City, shall appoint a person to fill the
vacancy for the residue of the term.

SEC. 12.¹⁵⁰ The State's Attorney in each County,
and the City of Baltimore, shall have authority to col-
lect, and give receipt, in the name of the State, for such
sums of money as may be collected by him, and forth-
with make return of and pay over the same to the prop-
er accounting officer. And the State's Attorney of each
county, and the City of Baltimore, before he shall enter
on the discharge of his duties, and from time to time
thereafter, shall give such corporate surety bond as may
hereafter be prescribed by Act of the General Assem-
bly.

'''* Thus amended by Chapter 545, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 2, 1976.
^w Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
¹⁵⁰ Thus amended by Chapter 529, Acts of 1945, ratified
November 5, 1946.

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ARTICLE VI.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

SECTION I.'⁵¹ There shall be a Treasury Depart-
ment, consisting of a Comptroller chosen by the quali-
fied electors of the State, who shall receive such salary
as may be fixed by law; and a Treasurer, to be
appointed on joint ballot by the two Houses of the Leg-
islature at each regular session in which begins the term
of the Governor, who shall receive such salary as may
be fixed by law. The terms of office of the Comptroller
and Treasurer shall be for four years, and until their
successors shall qualify; and neither of the officers shall
be allowed, or receive any fees, commissions or perqui-
sites of any kind in addition to his salary for the perfor-
mance of any duty or services whatsoever. In case of a
vacancy in the office of the Comptroller by death or
otherwise, the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall fill such vacancy by ap-
pointment, to continue until another election and until
the qualification of the successor. In case of a vacancy
in the office of the Treasurer by death or otherwise, the
Deputy Treasurer shall act as Treasurer until the next
regular or extraordinary session of the Legislature fol-
lowing the creation of the vacancy, whereupon the Leg-
islature shall choose a successor to serve for the dura-
tion of the unexpired term of office. The Comptroller
and the Treasurer shall keep their offices at the seat of
government, and shall take such oaths and enter into
such bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties as
are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

SEC. 2.¹⁵² The Comptroller shall have the general
superintendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall
digest and prepare plans for the improvement and man-
agement of the revenue, and for the support of the pub-
lic credit; prepare and report estimates of the revenue
and expenditures of the State; superintend and enforce
the prompt collection of all taxes and revenues; adjust
and settle, on terms prescribed by law, with delinquent
collectors and receivers of taxes and State revenue; pre-
serve all public accounts; and decide on the forms of
keeping and stating accounts. He, or such of his depu-
ties 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 evi-
dence shall not be valid; he shall make to the General
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 shrll be prescribed by law.