regulations prescribed by Law, all warrants for money to
be paid out of the Treasure in pursuance of appropriations
by law, and countersign all checks drawn by the Treasurer
u^ 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
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 shall be prescribed by law.

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 safe-
keeping 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 pur-
poses 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 au-
thorized deputy. The Legislature may prescribe, by law, for
the Treasurer to disburse the moneys of the State, by a
system other than by the use of checks. The Treasurer or
such of his deputies as may be authorized to do so by the
Legislature shall take receipts for all moneys paid from the
Treasury Department; ana receipt for moneys received by
him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed, by the Comp-
troller, or such deputy as may be authorized to do so by
law, without which warrants, so signed, no acknowledg-
ment of money received into the Treasury shall be valid;
and upon warrants issued by the Comptroller, 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 account 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
another 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 Legislature 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, quar-
terly, to the Comptroller; and shall publish, monthly, 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 of each regular
session of the Legislature, he shall submit to the Senate and

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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 Comp-
troller the inspection 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 qualify within one
month after his appointment by the Legislature.

SEC. 6.1*4 Whenever during the recess of the Legis-
lature charges shall be preferred to the Governor against
the Comptroller or Treasurer, for incompetency, malfea-
sance in office, willful neglect of duty, or misappropriation
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 Comp-
troller, 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 Comp-
troller and appoint another in his place, who shall hold the
office for the unexpired term of the Comptroller so re-
moved. However, if, in the case of the Treasurer, from the
evidence taken under oath in the hearing before the Gov-
ernor, 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 ap-
pointment, whereupon a successor shall be chosen by the
Legislature who shall serve for the unexpired term of the
Treasurer so removed.

ARTICLE VII.

SUNDRT OFFICERS.

SECTION I.165 The County Commissioners of each
county not governed by Article XI-A of this Constitution
may be elected by the voters of commissioner districts
established therein, or by the voters of the entire county or
by a combination of these methods of election, as provided
by the General Assembly by law.

SEC. 2.16<s The number, compensation, and powers
and duties of the County Commissioners of each county
not governed by Article XI-A of this Constitution shall be
such as now arc or may be hereafter prescribed by law.

SEC. 3.167 Vacant.
SEC. 4.168 Vacant.
SEC. 5.169 Vacant.
SEC. 6.170 Vacant.