|
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1864
|
not been admitted to practice law in this
State, and who has not resided for at
least one year in the county or city in
which he may be elected.
Sec. 11. In case of vacancy in the
office of State's Attorney, or of his
removal from the county or city in which
|
he shall have been elected, or on his
conviction as herein specified, the said
vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of
the county or city, respectively, having
criminal jurisdiction in which said
vacancy shall occur, for the residue of
the term thus made vacant.
|
ARTICLE VI.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
|
Section 1. The Treasury Department
of this State shall consist of a Comp-
troller and a Treasurer.
Sec. 2. The Comptroller shall be
chosen by the qualified electors of the
State, at each regular election for mem-
bers of the General Assembly. He shall
hold his office for two years, commencing
on the second Wednesday in January
next ensuing his election, and 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. He shall
kept his office at the seat of government,
and shall take such oath, and enter into
such bond, for the faithful performance
of his duty, as are now or may hereafter
be prescribed by law. A vacancy in the
office of Comptroller, shall be filled by
the 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 Mon-
day 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.
Sec. 3. The Comptroller shall have
the general superintendence 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;
prepare 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
accounts; grant, under regulations pre-
scribed by law, all warrants for moneys
to be paid out of the Treasury, in pur-
suance of appropriations by law;
prescribe the formalities of the transfer
of stock or other evidences of the State
debt, and countersign the same, without
which such evidences shall not be valid;
he sh'aii "make full reports of all his
proceedings, and of the state of the
Treasury Department within ten days
after the commencement of each session
of the General Assembly, and perform
such other duties as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed by law.
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 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 per-
formance of any official duty or service.
He shall keep his office at the seat of
473
|
|
 |
