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Governor for the residue of the term. The first election

for Comptroller under this Constitution, shall be held on

the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of

November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four,

but the Comptroller then elected shall not enter upon the

discharge of the duties of his office, until the expiration of

the term of the present incumbent, unless the said office

shall sooner become vacant.

His Duties.

SEC. 3. The Comptroller shall have the general superin-

1853, ch 82, 86.
1812, ch. 66 and 69.

tendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall digest

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and prepare plans for the improvement and management of

1841, ch 23.

the revenue, and for the support of the public credit; pre-

pare and report estimates of the revenue and expenditure

of the State; superintend and enforce the collection of all

taxes and revenue; adjust, settle and preserve all public

accounts; decide on the forms of keeping and stating ac-

counts; grant, under regulations prescribed by law, all

warrants for moneys to be paid out of the Treasury, in

pursuance of appropriations by law; prescribe the formali-

ties of the transfer of stock or other evidences of the State

debt, and countersign the same, without which such evi-

Reports to the
Legislature

dences shall not be valid; he shall make fall reports of all

his proceedings, and of the state of the Treasury Depart-

ment within ten days after the commencement of each ses-

sion of the General Assembly, and perform such other

duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

Treasurer elected
by the Legislature.

SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall be elected on joint ballot by

the two Houses of the General Assembly at each regular

session thereof. He shall hold his office for two years, and

Salary $2, 500.

shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred

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dollars, but shall not be allowed, nor shall he receive any

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fees, commissions, or perquisites of any kind in addition

thereto, for the performance of any official duty or service.

HIS Office.

He shall keep his office at the seat of government, and

shall take such oath and enter into such bond for the

faithful discharge of his duty as are now or may hereafter

Vacancy.

be prescribed by law. A vacancy in the office of Treasurer

shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term.