TITLE XVIII.

CONSTITUTION. —ARTICLE X—LABOR AND AGRICULTURE.
ARTICLE 29. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

CONSTITUTION —ARTICLE X.

1 Superintendent, term of office 2 Qualifications, beginning of term; vacancy 3 Duties, immigration, salary 4 State inspectors, examination of accounts, tobacco warehouses, inspection of build- ings

5 Wealth of State, Chesapeake bay, revenue. 6 Reports 7 When office to expire

SECTION 1. There shall be a superintendent of labor and agriculture, elected by the qualified voters of this State at the first general election for delegates to the General Assembly after the adoption of this Constitution, who shall hold	Superintendent.
his office for the term of four years, and until the election and qualification of his successor	Term four years
SEC 2 His qualifications shall be the same as those prescribed for the comp- troller; he shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office on the second Monday of January next, succeeding the time of his election; and a vacancy in the office shall be filled by the governor for the residue of the term	Qualifications. Beginning of term Vacancy
SEC 3. He shall perform such of the duties now devolved by law upon the commissioner of immigration, and the immigration agent, as will promote the object for which those officers were appointed, and such other duties as may be	Duties. Immigration
assigned to him by the General Assembly, and shall receive a salary of twenty- five hundred dollars a year, and after his election and qualification, the offices before mentioned shall cease	Salary.
SEC 4 He shall supervise all the State inspectors of agricultural products and fertilizers, and from time to time, shall carefully examine and audit their accounts, and prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, tending to secure economy and efficiency in the business of their offices He shall have the	State inspectors Examination of accounts
supervision of the tobacco warehouses, and all other buildings used for inspec- tion and storage purposes by the State; and may, at the discretion of the legis-	Tobacco ware- bouses
lature, have the supervision of all public buildings, now belonging to, or which may hereafter be erected by the State. He shall frequently inspect such build- ings as are committed to his charge, and examine till accounts for labor and materials required for their construction, or repairs.	Inspection of buildings.
SEC 5 He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources of wealth of the State of Maryland, more especially concerning those within the limits of Chesapeake bay and its tributaries, which belong to the State, end suggest such plans as	Wealth of State Chesapeake bay.
may bo calculated to render them available as sources of revenue.	Revenue.
SEC 6 He shall make detailed reports to every General Assembly within the first week of its session, in reference to each of the subjects committed to his charge, and he shall also report to the governor, in the recess of the legisla-	Reports.