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Governor for the residue of the term. The first election
for Comptroller under this Constitution, shall be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of
November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
but the Comptroller then elected shall not enter upon the
discharge of the duties of his office, until the expiration of
the term of the present incumbent, unless the said office
shall sooner become vacant.

His Duties.
1853, ch. 82, 86.
1852, ch. 56 and 65.
14 Md. 369.
1841, ch. 23.

Sec. 3. The Comptroller shall have the general superin-
tendence of the fiscal affairs of the State; he shall digest
and prepare plans for the improvement and management of
the revenue, and for the support of the public credit; pre-
pare and report estimates of the revenue and expenditure
of the State; superintend and enforce the collection of all
taxes and revenue; adjust, settle and preserve all public
accounts; decide on the forms of keeping and stating ac-
counts; grant, under regulations prescribed by law, all
warrants for moneys to be paid out of the Treasury, in
pursuance of appropriations by law; prescribe the formali-
ties of the transfer of stock or other evidences of the State
debt, and countersign the same, without which such evi-

Reports to the
Legislature.

dences shall not be valid; he shall make full reports of all
his proceedings, and of the state of the Treasury Depart-
ment within ten days after the commencement of each ses-
sion of the General Assembly, and perform such other
duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

Treasurer elected
by the Legislature.

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall be elected on joint ballot by
the two Houses of the General Assembly at each regular
session thereof. He shall hold his office for two years, and

Salary $2,500.

4 Md. 189
1852, ch. 65.
do. 123.

shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars, but shall not be allowed, nor shall he receive any
fees, commissions, or perquisites of any kind in addition
thereto, for the performance of any official duty or, service.

His Office.

He shall keep his office at the seat of government, and
shall take such oath and enter into such bond for the
faithful discharge of his duty as are now or may hereafter

Vacancy.

be prescribed by law. A vacancy in the office of Treasurer
shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term.