COMPTROLLER. 575

An. Code, sec, 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 13. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 3.

13. He shall keep safely all vouchers and copies of letters written by
or to him in the performance of his official duties, and a record of his
official proceedings; and the books and papers of his office shall at all times
be subject to the inspection of the governor and the members of the legis-
lature.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 3.

14. He shall obtain from all public officers, and from all bodies politic
and corporate who have heretofore made their report and returns to the
governor or treasurer, full reports from time to time, concerning the
revenues or taxes of the State, and all such papers or copies of papers
pertaining to the revenue or taxes thereof, which he may deem necessary.

An. Code, sec. 15. 1904, sec. 15. 1888, sec. 15. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 4.

15. He shall keep an account between the State and the treasurer, who
shall be charged therein with the balance in the treasury at the time said
account is commenced, and all moneys received by him, and shall be cred-
ited with all warrants drawn on or paid by him.
As to the state treasurer, see art. 95.

An. Code, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 16. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 4.

16. He shall, at least once in every month, carefully examine the ac-
counts of debits and credits kept in the books of the treasurer, and shall pro-
cure from the banks in which the public funds may be deposited, monthly
statements of all moneys deposited by or drawn out by the treasurer; which
statements the banks are hereby required to furnish.

An. Code, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 17. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 5.

17. Every warrant drawn by the comptroller on the treasurer for the
disbursement of money, to be valid, shall express upon its face the purpose
for which it is drawn, and the act of the general assembly by which the
appropriation is made; and the comptroller shall keep an abstract of every
warrant so drawn by him, and also of every warrant drawn by him in favor
of the treasurer for the payment of money into the treasury for the use
of the State; and a duplicate of each warrant drawn for the receipt of
money into the treasury shall be kept and preserved by the treasurer as his
voucher for the receipt thereof.

This section referred to; see notes to art. 2, sec. 17, of the Md. Constitution.
Nowell v. Harrington, 122 Md. 489.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 18. 1888, sec. 18. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 6. 1862, ch. 140.

18. The comptroller shall not sign any warrant for the disbursement of
money in blank, and he shall permit no warrant, either for the disburse-
ment or receipt of money, to be issued from his office, unless the entry of
the amount stated in such warrant, and the purpose and account for which
it is issued, be first entered on the books of his office.