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the aggregate at least equal the amount of the penalty thereof,
and unless he shall be satisfied of the availability of such security.

P. G. L., (1860,) art 22, sec 5. 1852, ch 12, sec. 8.

5. The bond of the comptroller, when duly executed and
approved, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the court

of appeals, and certified copies, under the seal of said court, may
be used in evidence in any court in this State.

Ibid sec 6. 1852, ch. 12, sec. 7.

6. It shall be the duty of the governor at all times, when in
his opinion the security or securities of any comptroller have
become or are likely to become invalid or insufficient, to demand

and require him forthwith to renew his bond to the State of Mary-
land, with security or securities to be approved by the governor,
in the penalty and according to the form prescribed in this article;
and in case of neglect or refusal by any comptroller to give bond
with security or securities as aforesaid, within twenty days after
the same shall be demanded and required by the governor, such
neglect or reiusal shall be, and it is hereby declared to be, a dis-
qualification within the meaning of the constitution; and the
governor is hereby required to proceed forthwith to appoint a fit
and proper person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, accord-
ing to the provisions of the constitution.

Ibid sec. 7 1852, ch 56, sec 9 1862, ch 230.

7. The comptroller shall keep his office in the building now

occupied by him in the city of Annapolis, until otherwise pro-
wided by law.

Ibid sec. 8. 1852, ch 56, sec. 8 1854, ch. 91. 1863, ch. 141.

8. He may employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be one
thousand dollars per annum, and an assistant clerk, whose com-
pensation shall be seven hundred dollars per annum; and an ad-
ditional clerk, at a salary not exceeding one hundred dollars per
month, for such time, not exceeding one year from the date of
his employment, as the comptroller shall deem necessary for the
public interest.