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Forfeited recognizances may be remitted in whole or in part, by
the Governor; provided, the judge of the court in which such
forfeiture occurred shall recommend the remission of the whole,
or some part thereof. Parts of fines belonging to an informer
may not be remitted by the Governor, but he may remit part or
all of a fine not belonging to an informer. No nolle prosequi
shall be granted by the Governor, except on payment of costs of
prosecution by the person applying for the same. The Governor
may remit the whole or any part of any fine imposed by any
militia court-martial. (Article 42, sections 9, 10, 11, 12, P. G.
X., Maryland Code. )

Attendance of witnesses may be enforced by the Governor in
investigating cases of complaint against civil or military officers.
(Article 42, section 13, P. G. L., Maryland Code. )

Officers complained against shall have copy of complaint, and
time when the Governor will inquire into them, and the Gov-
ernor may order the costs arising in such complaints to be paid
by the State or the party complained against, and may enforce
payment of the same. (Article 42, sections 14 and 15, P. G. L.,
Maryland Code. )

Proclamation of elections of presidential electors and members
of Congress shall be issued by the Governor on receiving and
enumerating the returns. (Article 42, section 16, P. G. L.,
Maryland Code. )

Duplicate discharges shall, upon application, be issued by the
Governor, on necessary proof of service of Maryland Volunteers
in the Mexican War. (Article 42, section 17, P. G. L, Mary-
land Code. )

Intercourse with infected places, either foreign or in the
United States, may be interdicted by the Governor. (Article 42,
section 18, P. G. L, Maryland Code. )

All vacancies not otherwise provided for by the Constitution
and Laws, the Governor is empowered to fill by Article 42, sec-
tion 24, P. G. L., Maryland Code.

An insane convict, confined in the penitentiary, may be
removed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the
Board of Directors, to the Maryland Hospital or any State insti-
tution for the insane, and the expense shall be defrayed by the
Board of Directors of the penitentiary out of the funds arising
from or appropriated to that institution. (Acts 1868, ch. 352. )

A collector of State taxes, from any part of the State shall be
appointed by the Governor, if there be not a qualified collector
of State taxes by the 1st day of May in any year, and said collec-
tor's bond shall be approved by the Governor. (Acts 1868, ch.
366. )