Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-31
PROCLAM
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
1880.

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly Of Maryland. held in the
year 1929. two Acts were passed, tO-wit
Chapter 1873 proposing an amendment to
the Constitution OF Maryland, title Treasury
Department" to authorize deputies in the
Treasury Department to sign checks and
warrants; and Chapter 34S. proposing an
amendment 10 the Constitution of Mary
land, title Legislative Department" regu-
lating the compensation of members of
both Houses of the General Assembly OF
Maryland; in words and figures as follows
~h CHAPTER 1873.
An Act to propose an amendment to
Sections and Of Article vi of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland. title
Treasury Department" so as to confer
upon the Legislature power to authorize
deputies, employed in the Treasury Depart
ment, to sign, countersign and grant war
rants. and to sign, countersign and issue
checks for the withdrawal of funds from
the State Treasury under regulations pre-
scribed by the Legislature and providing
for the submission of said amendment to
the legally qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, (three-fifths of all
of the Members Of both Houses concuring),
That an amendment to Sections 2 and 3
of Article vi of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Treasury Depart
ment," be, and the same is hereby pro-
posed, the said amendment, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State, as
herein provided. to become a part of said
Constitution, and the said Sections as
amended to read as follows:
2. The Comptroller shall have the general
superintendent 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 expenditures of the
State; superintend and force the prompt
collection of all taxes and revenue adjust
and settle. on. terms prescribed by law.
with delinquent collectors and receivers of
taxes and State revenue; preserve all pub
lie accounts ; and decide on the forms of
keeping and stating accounts. He, or such
of his deputies as may be authOriZedto do
so by the Legislature, shall grant, under
regulations prescribed by law. all warrants
for money to be paid out of the Treasury,
in pursuance of appropriations bylaw, and
countersign all checks drawn by the Treas
urer upon any bank or banks in which the
moneys of the State, NAV, from time to
time, be deposited. He shall prescribe
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 Treas
ury Department within ten days after the
commencement of each Session; and per-
form such other duties as shall be pre-
scribed by law.
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 OIL
banks as he may, from time to time, with
the approval of the Governor, select (the
said bank or banks giving security, salts.
factory to the Governor, for the safekeep-
ing and forthcoming, when required of said
deposits), and he or such of his deputies
as may be authorized to do so by the Leg.
islature shall disburse the same for the
purposes OF the State according TO law. upor
warrants drawn by the Comptroller, or hi:
duly authorized deputy, and on check:
countersigned by the Comptroller, or hi:
duly authorized deputy. and not otherwise
The Treasurer or such of his deputies a:
may be authorized to do so by the I.egisla
ture shall take receipts for all moneys paiC
from the Treasury Department and receip
for moneys received by him shall be en-
dorsed upon warrants signed by the Comp
troller, or such deputy as may be authorized
| to do so by law. without which warrants
so signed, no acknowledgment of none,
received into the Treasury shall be valid
and upon warrants issued by the Comp
troller, or his duly authorized deputy, thu
| Treasurer shall make arrangements for thu
payment of the interest of the public debt
and for the purpose thereof, on account o
the sinking fund. Every bond. certificate
or other evidence of the debt of the Statt
shall be signed by the Treasurer, and coun
tersigned by the Comptroller; and no new
certificate or other evidence intended TO re
place another shall be issued until the oil
one shall be delivered to the Treasurer
and authority executed in due form for tn,
transfer of the same filed in his office, ant
the transfer accordingly made on the book
thereof, and the certificate fr other evi
dence cancelled; but the Legislature ma,
make provision for the loss of certificates
or other evidences Of debt; and may pre-
scribe. by law. the manner in which tn
! Treasurer shallreceive and keep the money
I of the State.
Section 2. And be it further enacted b,
the authority aforesaid, That the afore
going sections, as amended, shall be, a
the next General Election to be held OIL
the first Tuesday after the first Monday il
November, nineteen hundred and thirty
submitted to the legally qualified voters o
the State for adoption or rejection in pur
srance of the directions contained in Arti
Gle xiv of the Constitution of this State
and at said General Election the vote Oh
the proposed amendment to the Constitu
ton shall be by ballot. and upon eacl
ballot there. shall be printed the following
synopsis of said amendment. under tn
caption of:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND
! 3 OF ARTICLE W."