162 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. VI

purposes of the State, according to law, upon warrants drawn
by the Comptroller, and on checks countersigned by him, and
not otherwise; he shall take receipts for all moneys paid by
him; and receipts for moneys received by him shall be
endorsed upon warrants signed by the Comptroller, without
which warrants, 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, certifi-
cate, or other evidence of the debt of the State shall be signed
by the Treasurer, and countersigned by the Comptroller; 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 filed in his office, and the transfer accordingly
made on the books thereof, and the certificate or other evidence
cancelled; but the Legislature may make provisions for the
loss of certificates, or other evidences of the debt; and may
prescribe, by Law, the manner in which the Treasurer shall
receive and keep the moneys of the State.

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly to
the Comptroller, and shall publish monthly, in such newspapers
as the Governor may direct, an abstract thereof, showing the
amount of cash on hand, and the place or places of deposit
thereof, and on the third day of each regular session of the
Legislature he shall submit to the Senate and House of Dele-
gates 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
money in his hands, and perform all other duties that shall be
prescribed by Law.

Sec. 5. The Comptroller shall qualify and enter on the
duties of his office on the third Monday of January next suc-
ceeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable. And the Treasurer shall qualify within one month
after his appointment by the Legislature.

Archer v. State, 74 Md. 410.

Sec. 6. Whenever during the recess of the Legislature charges
shall be preferred to the Governor against the Comptroller or
Treasurer for incompetency, malfeasance in office, wilful neglect
of duty, or misappropriation of the funds of the State, it shall
be the duty of the Governor forthwith to notify the party so