XII. And
be it enacted, That if, under the terms of any compromise made
as aforesaid, the property heretofore purchased should 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, on a credit of three years,
giving the
notice herein before mentioned, payable, one third 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 treasurer of the western
shore, and
reported to the general assembly at their session next ensuing the
taking of such
bonds.
XIII. And
be it enacted, That all cases in chancery, where no compromise
under this act is effectual, shall be placed under the direction of
the agent, who
is hereby authorised and required to call on the attorney-general to
prosecute or
defend the same to immediate final decision; and the governor and council
are
hereby authorised and empowered, at the request of the agent, in cases
of difficulty,
to aid the attorney-general, by employing any person to attend to surveys
where necessary, or otherwise to assist in the prosecution or defence
of said suits,
which person or persons are to be paid out of the contingent fund of
five hundred
pounds; and the names of the persons so employed, together with the
sum
allowed for their services, to be laid before the general assembly
at their next
session.
XIV. And be it
enacted, That if any bond debtor to the state for confiscated
property purchased, or otherwise, shall neglect to make payment agreeably
to the
condition of his bond and sundry resolves of the general assembly,
the said agent
shall cause process to issue for the whole principal and interest then
due, or shall
proceed on any execution already issued, and served and suspended,
as occasion
may require, or, under the direction and with the approbation of the
governor
and council, he is hereby authorised to delay any execution as long
as they may
think expedient and necessary.
XV. And
be it enacted, That the said agent be authorised to superintend
the
collection of all balances due on bond, taken for taxes due before
the first day of
January, seventeen hundred and eighty-three; and the said agent shall
also superintend
the collection of all balances due on bonds installed, or otherwise,
for the
emission of paper money of seventeen hundred and sixty-nine, and seventeen
hundred and seventy-three.
XVI. And
be it enacted, That no process shall issue against any of the public
debtors, unless by the direction of the said agent.
XVII. And
be it enacted, That the said agent shall have power to fix such
days for the sale of property taken by fieri facias, at the
suit of the state, as he
may think proper, always taking care to give at least twenty days public
notice
thereof; and the said agent shall also have power to suspend the sales,
from time
to time, as he may think most to the advantage of the state.
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That the said agent shall pay into the treasury, in
specie, the amount of all specie by him received in the discharge of
the duties of
this act.
XIX. And
be it enacted, That in all cases where bonds shall be taken in virtue
of this act, the bonds shall be a lien on all the real property of
the obligors
from the date thereof, or on so much of the said real property as the
governor
and council shall think sufficient, to be particularly mentioned in
a schedule to
be annexed to the said bond, in which case it shall be a lien on the
property contained
in such schedule, and no more, such bond and schedule to be lodged
with
the treasurer of the western shore.
XX. And
be it enacted, That all bonds taken in virtue of this act shall
express
the county in which the obligors respectively reside; and the treasurer
of |
CHAP.
LXI.
Property
taken back
may be sold,
&c.
Agent to call
on the attorney-general,
&c.
Debtors may
be sued, &c.
Agent to superintend
the
collection,
&c.
No process to
issue, &c.
Agent to fix
days, &c.
And pay in
specie, &c.
Bonds to be a
lien.
And to express
the
county, &c. |
