Treasury Department; and 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 acknow-
ledgment 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 arrange-
ments 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 ender 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
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. 6.¹⁶⁷ Whenever during the recess of the Legisla-
ture charges shall be preferred to the Governor against the
Comptroller or Treasurer, for incompetency, malfeasance 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 Comptroller, from the
evidence taken, under oath, on said hearing before the Gov-
ernor, 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 unex-
pired term of the Comptroller so removed. However, if, in
the case of the Treasurer, from the evidence taken under oath
in the hearing before the Governor, the allegations are sus-
tained, 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.

SECTION 1.¹⁶⁸ 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. 2.¹⁶⁹ 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 are or may be hereafter prescribed by law.

SEC. 3.¹⁷⁰ Vacant.
SEC. 4.¹⁷¹ Vacant.
SEC. 5.¹⁷² Vacant.
SEC. 6.¹⁷³ Vacant.

ARTICLE VIII.

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 efficient
System of Free Public Schools; and shall provide by taxa-
tion, 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
Education.

ARTICLE IX.

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

SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General, appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. He shall hold his office until the appointment and
qualification of his successor, or until removed in pursuance
of the sentence of a Court Martial. He shall perform such
duties, and receive such compensation, or emoluments, as
are now, or may be prescribed by Law. He shall discharge
the duties of his office at the seat of Government, unless
absent, under orders, on duty; and no other officer of the