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declared to be, a disqualification within the meaning of the constitution;
and the governor is hereby required to proceed forthwith to appoint a
fit and proper person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, according
to the provisions of the constitution.

1904, art. 19, sec. 7. 1888, art. 19, sec. 7. 1860, art. 22, sec. 7. 1852, ch. 56,

sec. 9. 1862, ch. 230.

7. The comptroller shall keep his office in the building now occupied
by him in the city of Annapolis, until otherwise provided by law.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1888. art. 19. sec. 8. 1860. art. 22, sec. 8. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 8.
1854, ch. 91. 1862, ch. 141. 1892, ch. 299. 1894, ch. 172.

8. He may employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be eighteen
hundred dollars per annum, and two assistant clerks, whose compensa-
tion shall be twelve hundred dollars each per annum.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888, art. 19, sec. 9. 1860, art. 22, sec. 9. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 1.
1853, ch. 82. 1908, ch. 420.

9. He shall within ten days after the first Wednesday in January
in each year make to the legislature, if in session, or to the governor,
if the legislature be not in session, a report exhibiting a complete state-
ment of the funds and revenues of the state, and of the public expendi-
tures during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of September
preceding, specifying the amounts derivable and received from each
source of revenue, and the purpose for which each expenditure was
made, and showing the names, residence and official character of the per
sons from whom any arrearages may be due, with the amount so due
from each defaulter, and showing moreover the names, residence and
official character or service of each person or payee to whom any pay-
ment or allowance has been made or paid out of the appropriation or
appropriations for legislative expenses of each general assembly, and
separating the same into payments made for or in behalf of the Senate,
and payments made for or in behalf of the House of Delegates.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1888, art. 19, sec. 10. 1860, art. 22, sec. 10. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 2.

10. He shall with each annual report return an estimate of the
receipts and expenditures of the current year, distinguishing the per-
manent and regular expenses of the government for which appropria-
tions have been made from those charges for which appropriations am
required to be made by law.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888, art. 19, sec. 13. 1860. art. 22, sec. 11. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 3.

11. He shall keep and preserve in his office in suitable books, to
be procured at, the expense of the State, full and accurate accounts of
the annual revenues and expenditures of every class and description,
under the proper heads thereof, according to such forms as under the
provisions of the constitution he may prescribe.