200 ARTICLE 19.

ARTICLE 19.

COMPTROLLER.

	Comptroller. 8. Deputy Comptroller, clerks and as- sistants. 35. Repealed. 36. Repealed. 38. Repealed. 39. Repealed. State Auditor. 45. Appointment; oath; term of office; salary; bond; deputy and assist- ants; qualifications. 46. Auditor for books of oyster packers, etc.; duties; term. 47. Examination of books, etc., of. offi- cials, state-aided institutions, etc.;	reports thereof; reports of viola- tions of the law; uniform fiscal year. 48. Audit of claims, vouchers, etc., on request of comptroller. 49. Books to be open to; power to sum- mon witnesses; refusal to allow examination. 50. Annual report; removal of auditor; vacancy. 51. Books of state-aided institutions open to inspection. 52. Refusal of officials to comply with orders of comptroller; penalty.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1912, sec. S. 1904, sec. S. 1888, sec. 8. 1852, ch. 56, sec. S.
1854, ch. 91. 1862, ch. 141. 1892, ch. 299. 1894, ch. 172. 1931, ch. 240.

8. He may employ clerks, assistants and other help, in such numbers
and at such salaries as may be provided for by the Budget of Appropria-
tions, all of whom shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them
from time to time by the Comptroller. He may designate one of his
clerks or assistants as Chief Deputy Comptroller and not exceeding three
other clerks and/or assistants as Deputy Comptrollers. Before any person,
shall act as Chief Deputy" Comptroller, or Deputy Comptroller, such
person shall give a bond to the State of Maryland, with security or securi-
ties approved by the Governor, in the penalty of $50,000, with condition
that he will truly and faithfully discharge, execute and perform all and
singular the powers and duties of Chief Deputy Comptroller or Deputy
Comptroller, as the case may be. The Chief Deputy Comptroller and each
Deputy Comptroller upon his designation and qualification as. above pro-
vided, shall have power to grant all warrants for money to be paid out
of the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law and countersign
all checks .drawn by the Treasurer upon any bank or banks in which the
monies of the State may from time to time be deposited, subject to all of
the limitations imposed by law upon the Comptroller in the granting of
such warrants and the countersigning of such checks. The Chief Deputy
Comptroller and each other Deputy Comptroller shall act as such only

As to duty of Comptroller concerning taxes, see art. 81. secs. 60, 67, 95, 135 and 141.