166 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. X

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 pre-
scribed 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 Immi-
gration 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 qualification, the offices before mentioned shall
cease.

Sec. 4. He shall supervise all the State Inspectors of agri-
cultural products and fertilizers, and from time to time shall
carefully examine and audit their accounts, and prescribe regu-
lations not inconsistent with Law, tending to secure economy
and efficiency in the business of their offices. He shall have
the supervision of the Tobacco Warehouses, and all other build-
ings used for inspection and storage purposes by the State;
and may, at the discretion of the Legislature, have the super-
vision of all public buildings now belonging to, or which may
hereafter be, erected by the State. He shall frequently inspect

"This Article expired by limitation.