Art. 6.] State of Maryland. 61

The General Assembly at its first session after the adop-
tion of this Constitution shall elect a Treasurer, but the
Treasurer 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.

Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall receive and keep the
moneys of the State, and disburse the same upon warrants
drawn by the Comptroller and not otherwise; he shall take
receipts for all moneys paid by him, and all receipts for
moneys received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants
signed by the Comptroller, without which warrant, 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 cer-
tificate or other evidence of the debt of the State shall be
signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Comp-
troller, 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 shall be filed in his office,
and the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof,
and the certificate or other evidence cancelled; but the
General Assembly may make provision for the loss of cer-
tificates or other evidence of the debt

His Duties.

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall render his accounts quarterly
to the Comptroller, and on the third day of each regular
session of the General Assembly he shall submit to the
Senate and House of Delegates 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 moneys in his hands, and
perform all other duties that are now or may hereafter be
prescribed by law.

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Treasurer to ren-
der accounts to the
Comptroller.