The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-10-23

rants for money to be paid out of the
Treasury, in pursuance of appropria-
lions by law, and countersign all
checks drawn by the Treasurer upon
any bank or banks in which the mon
eys 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, with
out which such evidence shall not be
valid; he shall make to the General
Assembly full reports of all his pro-
ceedings, and of the state of the
Treasury Department within ten days
after the commencement of each SEES
sion; and shall perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed by law,
8. The Treasurer shall receive the
moneys of the State, and, until other
wise 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 au-
thorized to do so by the Legislature
shall disburse the same for the pur-
poses of the State according to law,
upon warrants drawn by the Comp
troller, or his duly authorized depu
ty, and on checks countersigned by
the Comptroller, or his duly author
lied deputy, and not otherwise. 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 De-
partment; and receipt for moneys re-
ceived 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 war
rants, so signed, no acknowledgment
of money received into the Treasury
shall be valid and upon warrants is
sued by the Comptroller, or his daily
authorized deputy, the Treasurer
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, certificate or other evidence of
the debt of the State shall be signed
by the Treasurer, and countersigned
by the Comptroller; and no new GER
tificate 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 there
of, and the certificate or other evil
dence 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. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforegoing sections as amended, shall
be, at the next general election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, nineteen
hundred and thirty, submitted to the
legally qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection in pursu-
ance of the directions contained in
Article XIV of the Constitution of
this State, and at said general election
the vote on the proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the following synopsis of said
amendment, under the caption of:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND %
8 OF ARTICLE VI"
"This amendment confers upon the
Legislature power to authorize depu-
ties, employed in the Treasury De-
partment, to sign, countersign and
grant warrants and to sign, counter
sign and issue checks for the with
6rawal of funds from the Treasury
of the State under regulations pre-
scribed by the Legislature"
Approved: April 2, 1929.
Also for the Act of Assembly,
against the Act of Assembly provid-
ing for the taking at the general
election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 4, 1880, the sense of the vot-
ers of this State in regard to the
calling of a convention for altering
the Constitution or for framing a
new one, according to the provisions
of Article XIV, Section 2, of the Con-
stitution of this State as modified by
Article XVII, Section of the Con-
stitution of this State, said Act of
Assembly being known as
CHAPTER BIT.
AN ACT to provide for taking at the
General Election to be held in the
year 1880 the sense of the voters
of this State in regard to calling a
Convention for altering the Consti.
tuition or for framing new one &C.
cording to the provisions of Article
XIV, Section 2, of the Constitution
of this State, as modified by Arti-
Gle XVII, Section 9, of the Consti-
tuition of this State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
at the general election to be held or
the first Tuesday after the first Mon.
day in November in the var 1896
there shall be submitted to the lega
and qualified voters of this State, fol-
their decision, the question whether
there shall be called convention fol-