CHAP.
LXII.
A fair account
to the general
assembly, &c.
And to each
branch thereof,
&c.
Commission allowed.
Agent to give
bond, &c.
And collect
sums due, &c.
How a vacancy
is to be filled.
Proviso. |
XX. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said agent
shall render a fair and full account of his several
proceedings, under the authority of this act, to the general assembly at
their next session, and
within the first ten days after its commencement, in which account
shall be specified, under distinct
heads, his own receipts, and those of the treasurer, and of all transfers
of stock upon which he may
be entitled to commission, and in which shall also be contained a particular
estimate of his commissions,
shewing how and upon what the same arose due.
XXI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said agent
shall, within twenty days after the commencement
of the next session of the general assembly, render to each branch of the
legislature a fair and
distinct account of the debts or sums of money due to the state, arranging
the names of the debtors in
alphabetical order, and give full and complete information of the manner
in which, and at the time
when, each debt arose, and also the different steps and proceedings which
have been taken by himself,
or others, for the recovery thereof.
XXII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said agent
shall be allowed for his services the following
commissions, to with: For all payments actually made to either
of the treasurers in virtue of this act,
three per cent. and for all bonds taken by the said agent in virtue
of this act, three per cent.
XXIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said agent,
before he enters upon the execution of the
duties of this act, shall give bond to the state, before the governor
and council, in the penalty
of sixty thousand dollars, with such security as the governor and council
shall approve, for the faithful
performance of the said duties, which bond shall be lodged with the treasurer
of the western shore,
and shall also take an oath, before the chancellor, that he will well and
faithfully discharge the
duties as agent, under the act, entitled, An act to appoint an agent for
the year eighteen hundred
and one, to the best of his skill and judgment; the certificate of which
oath shall be annexed to, or
endorsed on, the said bond.
XXIV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the agent be
and he is hereby authorised and directed to collect
any sum or sums of money due from persons residents without the state of
Maryland, and, if
necessary, sue therefor, and he is also authorised to employ counsel for
the recovery of the same, and
give such fee as he may think reasonable, and draw on the treasurer of
the western shore therefor,
who is hereby authorised to pay the amount of such order.
XXV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said agent
shall not accept his appointment, or if after
his acceptance he shall not give bond, and take the oath aforesaid, before
the first day of February
next, or shall die, the governor and council are hereby authorised and
requested to appoint a fit and
proper person in his place, who shall have and execute all the authorities
and powers vested in the
said agent by this act, such person first giving security and taking the
oath aforesaid.
XXVI. PROVIDED ALWAYS, AND BE IT ENACTED, That
the said agent shall not be entitled to
any commission upon any monies arising from fines, forfeitures, amerciaments,
ordinary, retailers,
marriage, hawkers and peddlers licences, unless in cases where the same
shall not be paid by the sheriffs
and clerks respectively to the treasurer within one month after the time
prescribed by law, and
unless the said agent shall thereafter receive the same from the said officers
respectively, and the same
pay to the said treasurer. |
Passed 19th of
Dec. 1800.
Preamble.
Title vested,
&c. |
An ACT for the relief of Henry Casey, of the city of Baltimore.
WHEREAS Henry Casey, of the city of Baltimore, emigrated to, and settled
in, this state, and
since his emigration and settlement as aforesaid has acquired real property
therein, and his
title to such property, from his not having become naturalized agreeably
to the laws of the United
States, may be called in question, to his great detriment and injury; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the title to the real property, lawfully
and fairly acquired by the aforesaid Henry Casey, whether such title be
derived by gift, grant,
purchase or devise, be and the same is hereby as amply and as fully vested
in the person aforesaid, to
all intents and purposes, as if he had been naturalized agreeably to said
laws; provided always, that
nothing in this act contained shall in any manner defeat or affect any
right, title or claim, to the said
property, or any part thereof, acquired or prosecuted by any person or
persons whatever before the
passage of this act; and provided also, that unless the said Henry Casey
shall, on or before the first
day of June next, proceed according to law to make himself a citizen of
the United States, this act |