64 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ART. 7.

Vacancy

prescribed by law. In case of a vacancy in the office of

State Librarian from death, resignation and other cause,

the Governor shall fill such vacancy until the next meeting

of the General Assembly thereafter, and until a successor

be elected and qualified.

County Commis-
sioners elected by

SEC 5. The County Commissioners shall be elected, on

the people

general ticket, by the qualified voters of the several

1833, ch 173, 220,
239, 372

counties in this State; an election for County Commis-

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sioners shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first

Monday in the month of November, eighteen hundred and

sixty-five, and as nearly one-half as may be of said Com-

missioners shall hold their office for two years, and the

other half for four years. At the first meeting after their

election and qualification, or as soon thereafter as practi-

cable, the said Commissioners shall determine by lot which

of their number shall hold office for two and four years

respectively; and thereafter there shall be elected as afore-

said, at each general election for county officers, County

Term four years.

Commissioners for four years to fill the places of those

whose term has expired. The said Commissioners shall

exercise such powers and perform such duties (which shall

be similar throughout the State) as are now or may here-

Their number and
compensation.

after be prescribed by law. Their number in each county,

and their compensation, their powers and duties, may at

any time hereafter be changed and regulated by the

General Assembly.

Road Supervisors,

SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall provide by law for

1852, ch. 300.

the appointment of Road Supervisors in the several

Their number and
duties

counties by the County Commissioners, and the number of

said Supervisors, as well as their powers and duties in the

several election districts in the several counties, shall be

determined by the said County Commissioners.

County Surveyor
elected by the

SEC. 7. The qualified voters of each county and of the

people.
1832, ch 59.

city of Baltimore shall on the Tuesday next after the first

Monday in the month of November, in the year eighteen

Term two years.

hundred and sixty-five and every two years thereafter, elect

a Surveyor for the counties and city of Baltimore respec-

tively, whose term of office shall commence on the first