690/Maryland Manual

SEC. 3.¹⁵³ The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of
the State, and, until otherwise prescribed by law, depos-
it 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 and forthcoming, when required of
said deposits), and he or such of his deputies as may be
authorized to do so by the Legislature shall disburse the
same for the purposes of the State according to law,
upon warrants drawn by the Comptroller, or his duly
authorized deputy, and on checks countersigned by the
Comptroller, or his duly authorized deputy. The Legis-
lature may prescribe, by law, for the Treasurer to dis-
burse the moneys of the State, by a system other than
by the use of checks. The Treasurer or such of his depu-
ties as may be authorized to do so by the Legislature
shall take receipts for all moneys paid from the Trea-
sury Department; and receipt for moneys received by
him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed, by the
Comptroller, or such deputy as may be authorized to
do so by law, without which warrants, so signed, no ac-
knowledgment of money received into the Treasury
shall be valid; and upon warrants issued by the Comp-
troller, or his duly authorized deputy, the Treasurer
shall make arrangements for the payment of the interest
of the public debt, and for the purchase thereof, on ac-
count of the sinking fund. Every bond. certificate, or
other evidence of the debt of the State shall be signed
by the Treasurer, Chief Deputy Treasurer, or a Deputy
Treasurer, and countersigned by the Comptroller, Chief
Deputy Comptroller, or a Deputy Comptroller; and no
new certificate or other evidence intended to replace an-
other shall be issued until the old one shall be delivered
to the Treasurer, and authority executed in due form
for the transfer of the same filed in his office, and the
transfer accordingly made on the books thereof, and the
certificate or other evidence cancelled; but the Legisla-
ture may make provisions for the loss of certificates, or
other evidences of the debt; and may prescribe, by law,
the manner in which the Treasurer shall receive and
keep the moneys of the State.

SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his Accounts,
quarterly, to the Comptroller; and shall publish, month-
ly, in such newspapers as the Governor may direct, an
abstract thereof, showing the amount of cash on hand,
and the place, or places of deposit thereof; and on the
third day nf each regular session of the Legislature, he
shall submit to the Senate and House of Delegates fair
and accurate copies of all Accounts by him, from time
to time, rendered and settled with the Comptroller. He
shall, at all times, submit to the Comptroller the inspec-
tion of the money in his hands, and perform all other
duties that shall be prescribed by Law.

SEC. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify, and enter on
the duties of his office, on the third Monday of January
next succeeding the time of his election, or as soon
thereafter as practicable. And the Treasurer shall quali-
fy within one month after his appointment by the Leg-
islature.

'" Thus amended by Chapter 632, Acts of 1973, ratified No-
vember 5, 1974.

Article VI

SEC. 6.¹⁵⁴ Whenever during the recess of the Leg-
islature charges shall be preferred to the Governor
against the Comptroller or Treasurer, for incompetency,
malfeasance in office, willful neglect of duty, or misap-
propriation of the funds of the 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, in the case of the Comptroller, 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 the Comptroller and
appoint another in his place, who shall hold the office
for the unexpired term of the Comptroller so removed.
However, if, in the case of the Treasurer, from the evi-
dence taken under oath in the hearing before the Gover-
nor, the allegations are sustained, it is the duty of the
Governor to remove the Treasurer, and the Deputy
Treasurer shall act as Treasurer until the next regular
or extraordinary session of the Legislature following the
appointment, whereupon a successor shall be chosen by
the Legislature who shall serve for the unexpired term
of the Treasurer so removed.

ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY OFFICERS.

SECTION I.¹⁵⁵ County Commissioners shall be
elected on general ticket of each county by the qualified
voters of the several counties of the State; their number
in each county, their compensation, and their powers
and duties shall be such as now or may be hereafter
prescribed by law; and they shall be elected at such
times, in such numbers, and for such periods not ex-
ceeding four years, as may be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly, at its First Ses-
sion after the adoption of this Constitution, shall by
Law establish throughout the State a thorough and effi-
cient System of Free Public Schools; and shall provide
by taxation, or otherwise, for their maintenance.

SEC. 2. The System of Public Schools, as now consti-
tuted, shall remain in force until the end of the said
First Session of the General Assembly, and shall then
expire; except so far as adopted, or continued by the
General Assembly.

SEC. 3. The School Fund of the State shall be kept
inviolate, and appropriated only to the purposes of Ed-
ucation.

ARTICLE IX.
MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from
time to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping
and disciplining the Militia, as the exigency may require,
and pass such Laws to promote Volunteer Militia orga-
nizations as may afford them effectual encouragement.