178 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. XV

years thereafter, the sense of the people in regard to calling a
convention for altering this Constitution; and if a majority of
voters at such election or elections shall vote for a convention,
the General Assembly, at its next session, shall provide by Law
for the assembling of such convention, and for the election of
Delegates thereto. Each County and Legislative District of the
City of Baltimore shall have in such convention a number of
Delegates equal to its representation in both Houses at the
time at which the convention is called. But any Constitution,
or change, or amendment of the existing Constitution, which
may be adopted by such convention, shall be submitted to the
voters of this State, and shall have no effect unless the same
shall have been adopted by a majority of the voters voting
thereon.

ARTICLE XV.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 1. Every person holding any office created by, or
existing under the Constitution, or Laws of the State (except
Justices of the Peace, Constables and Coroners), or holding
any appointment under any Court of this State, whose pay or
compensation is derived from fees or moneys coming into his
hands for the discharge of his official duties, or in any way
growing out of or connected with his office, shall keep a book
in which shall be entered every sum or sums of money received
by him, or on his account, as a payment or compensation for
his performance of official duties, a copy of which entries in
said book, verified by the oath of the officer by whom it is
directed to be kept, shall be returned yearly to the Comptroller
of the State for his inspection, and that of the General Assem-
bly of the State, to which the Comptroller shall, at each
regular session thereof, make a report showing what officers
have complied with this section; and each of the said officers,
when the amount received by him for the year shall exceed the
sum which he is by Law entitled to retain as his salary or
compensation for the discharge of his duties, and for the
expenses of his office, shall yearly pay over to the Treasurer
of the State, the amount of such excess, subject to such dispo-
sition thereof as the General Assembly may direct; if any of
such officers shall fail to comply with the requisitions of this
section for the period of thirty days after the expiration of
each and every year of his office, such officer shall be deemed