V.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever there shall be occasion to expose to public sale the
property of any collector, or his securities, by virtue of any execution already issued, or to be issued for
this purpose, the said agent shall cause at least thirty days public notice to be given of such sale, and
shall attend the same, and if it shall appear that there is danger of losing any part of the debt due to
the state, and not otherwise, shall purchase any property so exposed to sale for the use of the state, in
payment, or part payment, as the case may be, of the arrearages due by the collectors whose property
may be so purchased, and that no purchase authorised by this act shall be considered as made on the
part of the state, unless a public declaration to that effect be made by the agent or his deputy immediately
after such sale and purchase; and any property so purchased for the use of the state, the said
agent may again expose to public auction, on the most advantageous terms for the use of the state, and,
if the same be sold on credit, which shall in no case exceed the term of two years, the said agent shall
take bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved of by the treasurer of the western shore,
from the purchasers of such property, and all bonds by him so taken shall be deposited, with an accurate
list thereof subscribed by him, in the treasury of the western shore, and shall be a lien upon
the real property of such purchasers, and their securities, from the respective dates, or so much
thereof as is mentioned in the schedule thereto annexed.

    VI.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said agent is hereby directed to dispose of all confiscated British
property that remains unsold, and take bonds to the state, with sufficient security, and give time for
the payment thereof, not exceeding two years from the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and one; and that when the quantity of land in any one body subject to such sale exceeds
the quantity of fifty acres, such land shall be disposed of at public sale, of the time and place of which 
sale at least thirty days previous notice shall be given by public advertisement; and that at the time
of any sale by virtue of this act, the said agent shall make known that he only sells the right of this
state thereto. and that the state doth not guaranty the title to the same, or any part thereof, but that
the purchase must be in all respects at the risk of the purchaser.

    VII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That no payment in future by any officer or person indebted to the
state shall be valid and effectual, unless made to the treasurer of the western or eastern shore, or to
the agent, or unless made to the clerks and sheriffs of the several counties, in the cases where the
said clerks and sheriffs are by law authorised to receive the same.

    VIII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the agent shall have full power and authority, by and with the
advice of the governor and council, in all cases of uninstalled debts, to take back any property
heretofore purchased by ant person and not yet paid for, in cases where the person so having purchased,
and his securities, are not capable of paying for the same, and to compromise the same upon
terms and principles of equity and justice, by and with the advice and consent aforesaid; and the
agent is hereby required to lay a particular statement of his proceedings under this section before
the next session of assembly.

    IX.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the agent, with the approbation and consent of the governor
and council, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to compromise any suit depending in
chancery with any state debtor, upon any terms in their judgment calculated to promote the interest
of the state, and to obtain the speedy receipt of the sums due.

    X.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That if, under the terms of any compromise made as aforesaid, the
property heretofore purchased shall be taken back and revested in the state, the same may be sold
by the agent, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to sell the same at public sale, giving thirty
days notice, on a credit of two years, payable, one half of the principal, and the whole interest annually,
on the first day of December in each year; and the bonds, when taken, shall be returned to
the treasury of the western shore, and reported to the general assembly at their session next ensuing
the taking of such bonds.