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LAWS OF MARYLAND,— 1831.

his authori-
ty writ nay
be executed
and return-
ed by any
succeeding
sheriff, fee.

the act to which this is a supplement shall be directed, or who
shall be charged with, or on whom shall devolve the execution
of such writ, shall die, resign, be removed from or disqualified
for office, or have his authority otherwise terminated, before
such writ shall be finally executed and returned; said writ
shall be delivered to, and executed and returned by any suc-
ceeding sheriff, coroner, or elisor, in the same manner and to
the same effect, as is provided in respect of the execution and
return of such writ by the act aforesaid.

CHAPTER 67,
AN ACT to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which would expire
with the present session.

Continued
in force.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts, or parts of acts as would expire with the
present session of assembly, be and the same are hereby con-
tinued to the last Monday of December next, and to the end of
the then session of assembly.

CHAPTER 68.
A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to provide for the Collection
of the Public Revenue, passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and twenty-nine, chapter ninety.

Powers,
duties and
authorities
extended to
attorney-
general.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland
That the provisions and enactments of tho original act to which
this is a supplement, in relation to the duties, powers and autho-
rities of any deputy attorney-general, or other attorney, ap-
pointed in the collection of the revenue, or of the debts due the
state, be, and the same are hereby extended to and vested in
the attorney-general, in such counties wherein he officiates, or
shall officiate in person, and wherein he hath or shall have no
resident deputy, or other attorney appointed, as fully and effec-
tually as if he had have been named in the said original act,
and he is and shall be entitled and authorized to take and re-
ceive for such professional services in the collection of the
revenue and of the debts due the state, the same compensation
and in the same manner as is allowed by the said original act
to any deputy or other attorney in similar cases.

Process in
suits here-
after —
prompt
trials-
judgment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in any suit of suits hereafter
instituted against any defendant or defendants, for any debt due
the state, if the account of such debt or claim stated and signed
by the treasurer, and the declaration with notice in writing of
an intended motion for trial or judgment the first court, endorsed
thereon, shall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the
county wherein such defendant or defendants reside, it shall bo
the duty of such clerk, and he is required to deliver copies
thereof with the writ, to the sheriff or coroner as the case may