Annapolis, on the first Wednesday in January, April, July, and October, in directors. SEC. 2. They shall exercise a diligent and faithful supervision of all public Vote stock. works in which the State may be interested as stockholder or creditor, and shall represent, and vote the stock of the State of Maryland, in all meetings of the stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; and shall appoint the directors Appoint in every railroad and canal company, in which the State has the legal power to appoint directors, which said directors shall represent the State in all meetings of the stockholders of the respective companies, for which they are appointed or elected. And the president and directors of the said Chesapeake Chesapeake and and Ohio Canal Company shall so regulate the tolls of said company, from time Ohio Canal Co. to time, as to produce the largest amount of revenue, and to avoid the injurious effects to said company of rival competition by other internal improvement companies. They shall require the directors of all said public works to guard the public interest, and prevent the establishment of tolls which shall discrimi- Rates of toll. nate against the interest of the citizens or products of this State, and from time to time, and as often as there shall be any change in the rates of toll on any of the said works, to furnish the said board of public works a schedule of such Reports. modified rates of toll, and so adjust them as to promote the agricultural inter- 1852, c. 122. ests of the State; they shall report to the General Assembly at each regular session, and recommend such legislation as they may deem necessary and requisite to promote or protect the interests of the State in the said public works; they shall perform such other duties as may be hereafter prescribed by law; and a majority of them shall be competent to act. The governor, comptroller, and treasurer shall receive no additional salary for services rendered by them as members of the Board of Public Works. The provisions of the Act Act of 1867, c. of the General Assembly of Maryland of the year 1867, chapter 359, are hereby 359, declared declared null and void. void. Baltimore and for bonds. State's interest SEC. 3. The Board of Public Works is hereby authorized to exchange the State's interest as stockholder and creditor in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for an equal amount of the bonds or registered debt now owing by the State, to the extent only of all the preferred stock of the State on which the State is entitled to only six per cent. interest, provided such exchange shall not be made at less than par, nor less than the market value of said stock; and the said board is authorized, subject to such regulations and conditions as the General Assembly may from time to time prescribe, to sell the State's interest Board may sell in the other works of internal improvement, whether as a stockholder or a in other works. creditor, and also the State's interest in any banking corporation, receiving in Banks. payment the bonds and registered debt now owing by the State, equal in amount to the price obtained for the State's said interest; provided, that the interest of the State in the Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington be reserved and excepted from sale; and provided further, that no sale or contract of sale of the State's interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the Susquehanna and Tide-water Canal Companies shall go into effect until the same shall be ratified by the ensuing General Assembly. branch. Ratification by General Assem bly. Art. 22. s. 1. 1852, c. 172, s. 3; 1853, c. 403. When and before whom to qualify and bond. Id. s. 2. Penalty and condition of bond. 1. The comptroller shall file his bond and qualify, by making the declaration and taking the oaths required by the Constitution and laws before the governor, on or before the third Monday of January next ensuing his election; on which said third Monday of January the term of his office shall commence. 2. He shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, give 1852, c. 12, 88, 2, 3. bond to the State of Maryland, with security or securities approved by the governor, in the penalty of fifty thousand dollars, with condition that he will truly and faithfully discharge, execute, and perform, all and singular, the duties of him required, and which may be required by the Constitution and laws. Id. s. 3. 1852, c. 12, s. 5. Oath by sureties. Id. s. 4. 1852, c. 12, s. 6. What necessary to authorize approval of bond. Id. s. 5. 1852, c. 12, s. 8. Where recorded. 3. Each security on the bond of the comptroller shall make oath that he is bona fide worth, over and above his debts, not less than some specific sum to be stated in said oath, which oath shall be indorsed on said bond and recorded therewith. 4. The governor shall not approve any bond of the comptroller, unless the sums so sworn to and indorsed on said bond shali in the aggregate at least equal the amount of the penalty thereof, and he shall be satisfied of the availability of such security. 5. The bond of the comptroller, when duly executed and approved, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Court of Appeals, and certified copies, under seal of said court, may be used Copies evidence. in evidence in any court in this State. Id. s. 6. 6. It shall be the duty of the governor at all times, when in his When security opinion the security or securities of any comptroller have or are to be renewed. likely to become invalid or insufficient, to demand and require such may be required comptroller forthwith to renew his bond to the State of Maryland, with security or securities to be approved by the governor, in the penalty and according to the form prescribed in this article; and in case of neglect or refusal by any comptroller to give bond with security or securities as aforesaid, within twenty days after the same Penalty for shall be demanded and required by the governor, such neglect or neglect. refusal shall be, and it is hereby declared to be, a disqualification within the meaning of the Constitution; and the governor is hereby required to proceed forthwith to appoint a fit and proper person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, according to the provisions of the Constitution. Office. 7. The comptroller shall keep his office in the building now OC- 1862, c. 230. cupied by him in the city of Annapolis, until otherwise provided by law. 1852, c. 56, s. 8; c. 141. 8. He may employ a clerk, whose compensation shall be one Art. 22, s. 8. thousand dollars per annum, and an assistant clerk, whose compen- 1851. c. 91; 1862 sation shall be seven hundred dollars per annum, and an additional Clerks. clerk, at a salary not exceeding one hundred dollars a month, for Salaries. such time, not exceeding one year from the date of his employment, as the comptroller shall deem necessary for the public interest. 9. He shall, within ten days after the commencement of each session, make to the General Assembly, if in session, or to the governor, if the General Assembly be not in session, a report exhibiting a complete statement of the funds and revenues of the State, and of the public expenditures during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of September preceding, specifying the amounts derivable and received from each source of revenue, and the purpose for which each expenditure was made, and showing the names, residence and official character of the persons from whom any arrearages may be due, with the amount so due from each defaulter. Art, 22, s. 9. 1852, c. 56, s. 1; 1853, c. 82. Reports to the legislature, etc. 1852, c. 56, s 2. ceipts and X 10. He shall, with each annual report, return an estimate of the I. s. 10. receipts and expenditures of the current year, distinguishing the Estimates of repermanent and regular expenses of the government for which appro- penditures to be priations have been made from those charges for which appropriations are required to be made by law. returned. 1852, c. 56, s. 3. accounts of re ceipts and ex penditures. 11. He shall keep and preserve in his office in suitable books, to Ia. s. 11. be procured at the expense of the State, full and accurate accounts To keep of the annual revenues and expenditures of every class and description, under the proper heads thereof, according to such forms as under the provisions of the Constitution he may prescribe. 12. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all public accounts 1852, c. 56, s. 3. adjusted by him, or returnable to or kept in his office. Id. s. 12. To keep record of accounts. Id. s. 13. 1852, c. 56, s. 3. 13. He shall keep safely all vouchers and copies of letters written by or to him in the performance of his official duties, and a record of his official proceedings, and the books and papers of his fa, copies of To keep vouch letters, etc. To be subject to office shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the governor and the members of the legislature. inspection. Id. s. 14. 1852, c. 56, s. 3. To require reports from officers. Id. s. 15. 1852, c. 56, s. 4. To keep accounts with treasurer. Id. s. 16. To examine books of treasurer. Id. s. 17. 1862, c. 140. Not to sign to register warrants before issue. 14. He shall obtain from all public officers, and from all bodies politic and corporate who have heretofore made their report and returns to the governor or treasurer, full reports from time to time, concerning the revenues or taxes of the State, and all such papers or copies of papers pertaining to the revenue or taxes thereof, which he may deem necessary. 15. He shall keep an account between the State and the treasurer, who shall be charged therein with the balance in the treasury at the time said account is commenced, and all moneys received by him, and shall be credited with all warrants drawn on and paid by him. 16. He shall, at least once in every month, carefully examine the accounts of debts and credits kept in the books of the treasurer, and shall procure from the bank in which the public funds may be deposited, monthly statements of all moneys deposited by, or drawn out by the treasurer; which statements the bank is hereby required to furnish. 17. Every warrant drawn by the comptroller on the treasurer for the disbursement of money, to be valid, shall express upon its face the purpose for which it is drawn, and the act of the General Assembly by which the appropriation is made, and the comptroller shall keep an abstract of every warrant so drawn by him, and also of every warrant drawn by him in favor of the treasurer for the payment of money into the treasury for the use of the State, and a duplicate of each warrant drawn for the receipt of money into the treasury shall be kept and preserved by the treasurer as his voucher for the receipt thereof. 18. The comptroller shall not sign any warrant for the disburseblank warrants, ment of money in blank, and he shall permit no warrant either for the disbursement or receipt of money to be issued from his office, unless the entry of the amount stated in such warrant, and the purpose and account for which it is issued, be first entered on the books of his office. 1862, c. 180. To report on State. 19. All persons having claims against the State for errors in the claims against payment of their State taxes, or for sums erroneously paid into the treasury, shall present the same with the proofs and vouchers thereof to the comptroller, who shall examine the same, and report to the General Assembly at the next session thereof the names of such persons as in his opinion are entitled to an allowance for said erroneous payments, and the amount that ought to be paid to each. 1862, c. 180. When and how to pay claims. 20. Upon demand being made upon the comptroller by any person or corporate body, having a claim against the State, due to him in his own right, if such person or corporation is indebted to the State, as shown by the books of the treasurer, or in any manner ascertained to an amount less than the sum so due and claimed, the comptroller shall deduct the sum so due the State from the amount demanded, and give a warrant on the treasurer for the difference only; and if the amount due to the State shall be equal to, or exceed the sum so demanded, the said comptroller shall refuse to issue any warrant to the claimant. To order suits officers. 21. If any clerk, register, notary public, auctioneer, contractor, Art. 22, s. 19. inspector or receiver of the public moneys other than collectors 1852, c. 56, s. 7. of the direct tax, shall fail to account for and pay over to the on bonds of treasurer all public moneys in his hands for thirty days after the time required by law, it shall be the duty of the comptroller to direct the State's attorney in the county or city where such defaulter may be, to institute a suit upon the bond of such defaulter, and to prosecute the same with diligence and effect, and in no case shall be fail to institute suit on the bond of every collector of the taxes who shall be in default or arrear for more than one year. 22. In case of the institution of any suit or action against collector or other officer charged with the collection or receipt moneys belonging to the State, or against the official bond of such collector or other officer, a statement of the account of such collector or other officer, certified and signed by the comptroller, shall be taken and received as prima facie evidence of the debt or amount therein stated to be due. a Id. s. 20. of 23. The comptroller shall see that the provisions requiring the publication by the banks and other incorporated moneyed institutions of unclaimed dividends and deposits shall be complied with. 24. He shall cause to be printed in the forms prescribed by law or usage, blank marriage licenses, traders' licenses, ordinary licenses, non-resident licenses, brokers' licenses, hawkers' and peddlers' licenses, exhibition licenses, billiard table licenses, wood hucksters' licenses, and all other licenses issued by the clerks of the courts of this State, and now authorized by law, with the several rates, grades and descriptions thereof, with reference to the character and object of said licenses, the sum to be paid therefor, and the fractional part of the year, not less than one month or any number of months for which the same may be issued, and upon the requisition of the clerks of the several Circuit Courts, and of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore, shall forthwith deliver to the said clerks, the number and description of licenses required by them for one year, or the fractional parts of the year, terminating on the thirtieth of April then next ensuing, and shall take a receipt from the several clerks therefor. 1852, c. 67. Statement of accounts of officers to be evidence. 1847, c. 193, s. 2. 25. He shall have inserted, in all ordinary licenses, a clause Id. s. 23. specially excepting the Sabbath day from the operation of said To insert Sunlicense. day clause in licenses. 1858, c. 269. 26. He shall procure a stamp, with such design and description Id. 8. 24. as in his judgment shall seem best adapted to its purpose, which To stamp stamp shall be used on all licenses issued from his office. licenses. 27. He shall cause to be printed in the forms heretofore used 1862, c. 120. and sanctioned by law, blank protests, of bills of exchange and To print and stamp protests |