Officers ledger, 1852-1935.

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Officers ledger, 1852-1935.

Accounts of the comptroller with clerks of court, registers of wills, sheriffs, and state's attorneys. Entries list monies obtained from taxes and earned from the sale of various licenses. Related to the Day Book to Officers Ledger series [MSA S0651].

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Maryland. Comptroller of the Treasury.

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The office of Comptroller of the Treasury was established by the Constitution of 1851 to "have the general superintendence of the fiscal affairs of the state." The position is filled by popular election. The original four-year term of office was reduced to two by the Constitution of 1864, and increased to four again by the Constitution of 1867. No limit is set on the number of terms an incumbent may serve, but a person elected as comptroller must post a bond and qualify to hold the ...