Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-17
PROCLAMATION.
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 &c
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-
I lating the compensation of members oil
both Houses of the General Assembly OF
Maryland in words and figures as follows
CHAPTER 1873.
| An Act 10 propose an amendment to
| Sections 2 and 3 Of Article vi OF the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland. title
I Treasury Department, so as to confer
! upon the Legislature power TO authorize
deputies. employed IN the Treasury Depart
| ment. TO sign. c0unteFsign 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 /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. (three-fifths of all
Of the Members of both Houses concurrine),
That an amendment to Sections and
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. il adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State, as
herein provided. TO become a part of said
I 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 oil
taxes and State revenue; preserve all pub
lie accounts and decide on the forms Of
keeping and stating accounts. He. or suci
of his deputies as may be authorizedto d.
so by the Legislature, shall grant, unde
regulations prescribed by law. all warrant.
for money to be paid out of the Treasury
in pursuance of appropriations by law, anC
countersign all checks drawn by the Treas
moneys of the State, NAV, from time 4
time. be deposited. He shall prescrib'
formalities of the transfer of stock. or othe
evidence ofthe State,debt. and countersigI
the same, without which such evidenc
shall not be valid he shall make to tn
General Assembly full reports of all hi
proceedings, and of the State Of the Treas
uIy Department within ten days after tn
commencement of each Session; and per
form such other duties as shall be pre-
, scTibed by law.
3. The Treasurer shall receive the money
/ of the State. and. until otherwise prescribe
by law. deposit them. as soon as received
to the credit of the State, in such bank Q
banks as he may, from time TO time, wit
the approval of the Governor, select 9TH
) said bank or banks giving security, salts
factory to the Governor, for the safekeeI
ing and forthcoming, when required of sal
deposits). and he or such Of his deputie
as may be authorized to do so by the Les
islature shall disburse the same for tn
purposes of the State according to law. upo
warrants drawn by the Comptroller, or hi
duly authorized deputy. and on CHECK
/ countersigned by the Comptroller, or hi
( duly authorized deputy. and not otherwis,
. The Treasurer or such of his deputies a
may be authorized to do so by the Iegisis
ture shall take receipts for all moneys pal
from the Treasury Department and receiI
for moneys received by him shall be eI
dorsed upon warrants signed by the CONF
troller, or such deputy as may be authorize
to do so by law, without which warrant
so signed. no acknowledgment of none
received into the Treasury shall be valid
: and upon warrants issued by the Conn
: troler, or his duly authorized deputy, ii
: Treasurer shall make arrangements for ii
Y payment of the interest of the public deb
and for the purpose thereof, on account
the sinking fund. Every bond. certificat
i, or other evidence of the debt of the Stal
! shall be signed by the Treasurer, and cour
= tersigned by the Comptroller; and no ne
! certificate or other evidence intended to II
. place another shall be issued until the oil
one shall be delivered to the Treasure
|, and authority executed in due form for th
transfer of the same filed in his Office, an
the transfer accordingly made on the booI
: thereof, and the certificate n other ev
u dence cancelled; but the Legislature ma
make provision for the loss of certificate
or other evidences Of debt; and may pre-
scribe, by law, the manner in which tn
Treasurer shall receive and keep the money
of the State.
OCCtiOh Z. Anu NC IL luItucI cildCtcu
the authority aforesaid, That the afor,
going sections. as amended. shall be,
= the next General Election to be held O
: the first Tuesday after the first Monday
e November. nineteen hundred and thirt
:, submitted to the legally qualified voters
u the State for adoption or rejection in pu
suance of the directions contained in Art
Gle XIV Of the Constitution of this Stat
n and at said General Election the vote O
: the proposed amendment to the Constitl
. tion shall be by ballot, and upon eac
: ballot there shall be printed the foilowin
; synopsis of said amendment. under III
, caption of:
; UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT