Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-02

drawn by the Comptroller, or his
duly authorized deputy, and on
checks countersigned by the Comp
troller, or his duly authorized
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 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 acknowledgement of
money received into the Treasury
shall be valid; and upon warrants
issued by the Comptroller, or his
duly authorized deputy, the Treas
urer 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 Treas
urer or Chief Deputy Treasurer,
and countersigned by the Comp
troller or Chief Deputy Comp
troller; 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. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the aforegoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State shall be,
at the next general election to be
held in this State in the year 1850,
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof, for their adoption
or rejection in pursuance of di-
rections contained in Article Ia
of the Constitution of this State,
and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words "For the Con-
stitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said
election, due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment
as directed by said Article ID of
the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, VIM.
PRESTON LANE, JR., COVER
NOR OF THE STATE OF MARY
LAND, by virtue of the power and
authority conferred upon me by
the Constitution of Maryland, do
by this, my proclamation, order
that the bills proposing the afore-
going amendments shall be pub
lished in at least two newspapers
in each County where so many
may be published, and where not
more than one may be published,
then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers published in the
City of Baltimore, once a week for
four weeks Immediately preceding
the General Election to be held on
November 7, 1850, at which Elec-
ton the proposed amendments
shall be submitted, in the form
prescribed by the General Assem-
bly,, to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
GIVEN Under my Hand and
the Great Seal of the State of
Maryland, at the City of Annap-
oils, this 18th day of September in
the Year of Our Lord One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and Fifty.
VIM. PRESTON LANE, JR.
Governor
VIVIAN v. SIMPSON
Secretary Of State.