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1800. November.                                        LAWS of MARYLAND.
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.

CHAP. LXIII.
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



 
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