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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 evi-
dence 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 quarterly 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 Comptroller 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. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature charges shall
be perferred to the Governor against the Comptroller or Treasurer for
incompetency, malfeasance in office, wilful neglect of duty, or misappro-
priation 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 from the evidence taken, under oath on said hear-
ing before the Governor, the said allegations shall be sustained, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to remove said offending officer and appoint
another in his place, who shall hold the office for the unexpired term of
the officer so removed.

ARTICLE VII.

SUNDRY OFFICERS.

County Commissioners—Surveyor—State Librarian—Commissioner of
the Land Office—Wreck Master.

Section 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket
of each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of this
State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day in
every second year thereafter. Their number in each county, their com-
pensation, powers and duties, shall be such as are now or may be here-
after prescribed by Law.

[Sec. 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket
of each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of the State,
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November,