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SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant General, appointed by the

Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. He
. shall hold his office until the appointment and qualification of his

successor, or until removed in pursuance of the sentence of a
Court Martial. He shall perform such duties and receive such

compensation or emoluments as are now or may be prescribed by
Law. He shall discharge the duties of his office at the seat of
government, unless absent, under orders, on duty; and no other

officer of the General Staff of the Militia shall receive salary or
pay, except when on service and mustered in with troops.
Watkins v. Watkins, 2 Md, 341. McBlair v. Bond, 41 Md, 137.

SEC. 3. The existing Militia Law of the State shall expire at the
end of the next session of the General Assembly, except so far as
it may be re-enacted, subject to the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE X.

LABOR AND AGRICULTURE.

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 his office
for the term of four years, and until the election and qualification

-of his successor.

SEC. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those prescribed
for the Comptroller; 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.

SEC. 3. He shall perform such of the duties now devolved by
Law upon the Commissioner of Immigration, and the Immigra-
tion Agent, as will promote the object, for which those officers
were appointed, and such other duties as may be assigned to him
~by the General Assembly, and shall receive a salary of Twenty-

five Hundred dollars a year; and after his election and qualifica-
tion, the offices before mentioned shall cease.