COMPTROLLER

Section 4.20. Office of Comptroller.

The comptroller shall grant, under regulations prescribed by
the General Assembly by law, all warrants for money to be paid
out of the treasury of the State pursuant to appropriations by
law. He shall also perform other duties relating to the payment
of money of the State as prescribed by law. The comptroller shall
not be the head of the finance department or of any other princi-
pal department of the executive branch. The comptroller shall
give such bond for the faithful performance of his duties as may
be prescribed by law.

Section 4.21. Qualifications.

The comptroller shall have attained the age of thirty years at
the time of his election or appointment and shall have been a
qualified voter in the State for at least five years immediately
preceding his election or appointment.

Section 4.22. Election.

The comptroller shall be elected by the voters of the State for a
term beginning on the first Wednesday in January following his
election and ending on the first Wedesday in January in the fourth
year thereafter, and shall serve until his successor has qualified.
If the first Wednesday in January is a legal holiday the term shall
begin on the next day. If the office becomes vacant the governor
shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a person
to the office for the remainder of the term.

TIE VOTES AND SALARIES

Section 4.23. Tie Votes.

If at any general election two or more candidates for governor,
for attorney general, or for comptroller shall have the highest
and an equal number of votes for the same office, one of them shall
be elected to that office by the affirmative vote of a majority

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