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during the pleasure of the Comptroller, and the power to act as such Chief
Deputy Comptroller or Deputy Comptroller may be terminated at any
time by the Comptroller for any cause which he may deem sufficient. In
the event of sickness or absence of the Comptroller, the power of the
Chief Deputy Comptroller or any Deputy Comptroller to grant warrants
and countersign checks may be terminated by the Board of Public Works
or a majority of its members for any cause which they may deem sufficient.
The termination of the power of the Chief Deputy and/or any other
Deputy Comptroller to grant warrants and to countersign checks shall
not of itself operate to terminate his employment as clerk, assistant or
other employee. Whenever the powers of any person to act as Chief
Deputy Comptroller or, Deputy Comptroller are terminated as herein
provided, the Comptroller may designate some other clerk or assistant to
act as such Chief Deputy Comptroller or Deputy Comptroller, subject to
the limitations and conditions above prescribed.

28.

The obligation imposed upon Comptroller does not cure defects in notary's
certificate. Wolf v. Union Trust Co., 150 Md. 389.

35. Repealed by ch. 375 of the acts of 1929.

36. Repealed by ch. 375 of the acts of 1929.

38. Repealed by ch. 272 of the acts of 1931.

39. Repealed by ch. 272 of the acts of 1931.

STATE AUDITOR.

An. Code, 1924, art. 81, sec. 240. 1912. sec. 229) 1904. sec 225. 1902, ch. 257, sec. 217.

1912, ch 58 1912, ch 190. sec. 217. 1914, ch. 704, sec. 217.

1922, ch. 29, sec. 229 (p. 47). 1929, ch. 226, sec. 45 (p. 713).

45. There shall be a State Auditor appointed by the Governor, who
shall be assigned to the Division of Financial Review and Control, and
shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution. His term of office shall
commence on the first Monday of May next ensuing his appointment, and
continue for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and shall
have qualified; but the term of the State Auditor first named under this
Act shall begin on the first day of June, 1929, and he shall hold office until
the first Monday of May, 1931, and until his successor shall be appointed
and qualified. The State Auditor shall receive a salary of $7, 500 per
annum, and he shall appoint with the approval of the Governor a Deputy
State Auditor who shall hold office at the pleasure of the State Auditor and
shall receive the salary provided for him in the Budget. The State Auditor
shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of ten thousand
dollars ($10, 000), the Deputy State Auditor shall be bonded for $5, 000,
and each of the regular Assistant State Auditors shall be bonded for