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1892.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 677
ties, with a message declaring that the case of the
sureties presents a strong equity, and recommending
that the General Assembly shall take their case into
consideration, and grant to them such equitable
relief as in the judgment of the General Assembly
shall be just and fair; with the additional recom-
mendation that as a condition of such equitable
relief, the sureties on the bonds of said Stevenson
Archer shall also pay the amounts misappropriated by
him after the approval on the 30th day of January,
1890, of his third bond, and shall also pay all the
State's costs in all the suits at law or in equity upon
said bonds, and shall also pay a proper compensation
to John P. Poe, the State's special counsel in said
suits; and
"Whereas, During the period between the said 2d
day of February, 1886, and the said 13th day of
February, 1888, the said Stevenson Archer misappro-
priated twenty-nine (29) bonds for one thousand dol-
lars each, commonly known as Treasury Relief Bonds,
belonging to the State; and after the 30th day of
January, 1890, misappropriated two (2) bonds for one
thousand dollars each, commonly known as Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company Car Trust Bonds, belong-
ing to the State; and three (3) bonds for one thousnnd
dollars each, issued by the Cumberland and Piedmont
Railway Company, belonging to the State; and
"Whereas, The total costs in all the said suits
amount to the sum of twelve hundred and two dollars
and twenty-eight cents; and
"Whereas. A fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to
the State's special counsel, said John P. Foe, for
his professional services in said cases, is, in the
opinion of the General Assembly, a proper compen-
sation for said services; now, therefore,
"Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in conformity with the recommen-
dation of the Governor, that upon the payment by said
sureties, or their heirs, devisees or legatees unto the
Treasurer of this State, of the sum of thirty-seven
thousand two hundred and two dollars and twenty-
eight cents, (being the amount misappropriated by
said Stevenson Archer between the 2d day of Febru-
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