138 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND.

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.

The act of 1841, ch. 23, sec. 48—see art. 81, sec. 81, of the An. Code—making the
account and certificate of the state treasurer evidence to establish the amounts due
the state by tax collectors, held to be still in force and to be applicable to the
comptroller who was charged by this section (as it stood in the Constitution of 1851)
with the duties which the treasurer had performed; the act of 1841, and this section,
are in pari materia. Billingsley v. State, 14 Md. 376.

Under this section and the following one (as they stood in the Constitution of
1851), it was the duty of the treasurer to disburse the public monies on the warrant
of the comptroller and not otherwise; and the duty of adjusting and settling all
public accounts is imposed upon the comptroller. If payment of the comptroller's
salary is refused, mandamus lies. Thomas v. Owens, 4 Md. 219.

This section referred to—see notes to art. 15, sec. 1, of the Constitution. Schneider
v. Yellott, 124 Md. 97.

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 safekeeping and forthcoming, when
required, of said deposits), and shall disburse the same for the purposes
of the State, according to law, upon warrants drawn by the Comptroller,
and on checks countersigned by him, and not otherwise; he shall take
receipts for all moneys paid by him; and receipts for moneys received by
him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comptroller, without
which warrants, so signed, no acknowledgment of money received into the
Treasury shall be valid; and upon warrants issued by the Comptroller, he
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, and countersigned by the 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.
See notes to art. 6, sec. 2.

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly to the Comp-
troller, 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 Dele-
gates 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.