ART. 6. ] STATE OF MARYLAND. 61

The General Assembly at its first session after the adop-

tion of this Constitution shall elect a Treasurer, but the

Treasurer 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.

SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall receive and keep the

His Duties.

moneys of the State, and disburse the same upon warrants

drawn by the Comptroller and not otherwise; he shall take

receipts for all moneys paid by him, and all receipts for

moneys received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants

signed by the Comptroller, without which warrant, 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 cer-

tificate or other evidence of the debt of the State shall be

signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Comp-

troller, 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 shall be filed in his office,

and the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof,

and the certificate or other evidence cancelled; but the

General Assembly may make provision for the loss of cer-

tificates or other evidence of the debt.

SEC. 6. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly

Treasurer to ren-
der accounts to the

to the Comptroller, and on the third day of each regular

Comptroller.

session of the General Assembly he shall submit to the

Senate and House of Delegates 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 moneys in his hands, and

perform all other duties that are now or may hereafter be

prescribed by law.