The Comptroller shall have the general superintendence 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 enforce 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 public accounts; and decide on the
forms of keeping and stating accounts. He, or such of his deputies as
may be authorized to 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 by law, and countersign
all checks drawn by the Treasurer upon any bank or banks in which the
moneys 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, 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 Treasury
Department within ten days after the commencement of each session; and
perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by law.
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