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be paid out of the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations
by law, and countersign all checks drawn by the Treasurer
upon any bank or banks in which the moneys of the State,
may; from time to time, be deposited He shall prescribe
the formalities of the transfer of stock, or other evidence of
the State debt, and countersign the same, without which
such evidence shall not be valid, he shall make to the
General Assembly full reports of all his proceedings, and
of the state of the Treasury Department within ten days
after the commencement of each session, and perform such
other duties as shall be prescribed by law

SEC. 3. The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of
the State, and, until otherwise prescribed by law, deposit
them, as soon as received, to the credit of the State, in such
bank or banks as he may, from time to time, with the
approval of the Governor, select (the said bank or banks
giving security satisfactory to the Governor, for the
safekeeping and forthcoming, when required of said
deposits), and he or such of his deputies as may be
authorized to do so by the Legislature shall disburse the
same for the purposes of the State according to law, upon
warrants drawn by the Comptroller, or his duly authorized
deputy, and on checks countersigned by the Comptroller,
or his duly authorized deputy The Legislature may
prescribe, by law, for the Treasurer to disburse the moneys
of the State, by a system other than by the use of checks
The Treasurer or such of his deputies as may be authorized
to do so by the Legislature shall take receipts for all moneys
paid from the Treasury Department, and receipt for moneys
received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed,
by the Comptroller, or such deputy as may be authorized
to do so by law, without which warrants, so signed, no
acknowledgment of money received into the Treasury shall
be valid; and upon warrants issued by the Comptroller, or
his duly authorized deputy, the Treasurer shall make arran
gements for the payment of the interest of the public debt,
and for the purchase thereof, on account of the sinking
fund Every bond, certificate, or other evidence of the debt
of the State shall be signed by the Treasurer, Chief Deputy
Treasurer, or a Deputy Treasurer, and countersigned by the
Comptroller, Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a Deputy
Comptroller, 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 filed in his office,
and the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof,
and the certificate or other evidence cancelled, but the
Legislature may make provisions for the loss of certificates,
or other evidences of the debt, and may prescribe, by law,
the manner in which the Treasurer shall receive and keep
the moneys of the State

SEC. 4. The Treasurer shall render his Accounts,
quarterly, to the Comptroller, and shall publish, monthly, in
such newspapers as the Governor may direct, an abstract
thereof, showing the amount of cash on hand, and the place,
or places of deposit thereof, and on the third day of each
regular session of the Legislature, he shall submit to the

Article VII

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 money in his
hands, and perform all other duties that shall be prescribed
by Law

SEC. S. The Comptroller shall qualify, and enter on
the duties of his office, on the third Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable And the Treasurer shall qualify within one
month after his appointment by the Legislature

SEC. 6 ^l66 Whenever during the recess of the Legis
larure charges shall be preferred to the Governor against
the Comptroller or Treasurer, for incompetency, mal
feasancc in office, willful neglect of duty, or misappropna
Oon of the funds of the State, it shall be the duty of the
Governor forthwith to notify the party so charged, and fix
a day for a hearing of said charges, and if, in the case of the
Comptroller, from the evidence taken, under oath, on said
hearing before the Governor, the said allegations shall be
sustained, it shall be the duty of the Governor to remove
the Comptroller and appoint another in his place, who
shall hold the office for the unexpired term of the Comp
(roller so removed However, if, in the case of the Treasurer,
from the evidence taken under oath in the hcanng before
the Governor, the allegations are sustained, it is the duty
of the Governor to remove the Treasurer, and the Deputy
Treasurer shall act as Treasurer until the next regular or
extraordinary session of the Legislature following the ap
pointment, whereupon a successor shall be chosen by the
Legislature who shall serve for the unexpired term of the
Treasurer so removed

ARTICLE VII.

SUNDKT OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The County Commissioners of each
county not governed by Article XI A of this Constitution
may be elected by the voters of commissioner districts
established therein, or by the voters of the entire county, or
by a combination of these methods of election, as provided
by the General Assembly by law

SEC. 2. The number, compensation, and powers
and duties of the County Commissioners of each county
not governed by Article XI A of this Constitution shall be
such as now are or may be hereafter prescribed by law

SEC. 3.¹⁶⁹ Vacant
SEC. 4.¹⁷⁰ Vacant
SEC. S.¹⁷¹ Vacant
SEC. 6.¹⁷² Vacant