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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

Keeping a
record.

missioners, keeping however, a record of the final discharges
granted as aforesaid ; Provided^ that where the commissioners

Case of
time ex-
tended.

shall extend or change the time as aforesaid, for final appear-
ance, and shall have made report and return as aforesaid, to
Baltimore county court, the said commissioners may thereafter

Proceed
thereafter.

grant a final discharge as aforesaid, or otherwise proceed to
every effect as if such report and return had not been made,

Report pro-
ceedings.

and shall make a report and return of such further proceedings,
and the papers relating thereto to Baltimore county court ; And

Proviso.

provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to interfere with, or in anywise alter or affect the provisions of
the act, passed at December session, of the year eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-nine, chapter two hundred and eight, and that
where by reason of allegations being filed against the debtor ia
due time, before the day of final appearance, he shall fail to
become entitled to a final discharge, the commissioners shall
report and return the proceedings and papers in the case to
Baltimore county court accordingly.

Act of 1827
extended.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the seventh
section of the act, passed at December session, of the year
eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled, a further addi-
tional supplement to the act, entitled, an act for the relief of
sundry insolvent debtors, be, and the same is hereby declared
to be extended to the city and county of Baltimore, any thing
in the said act to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

Compensa-
tion to com-
mtssioaers.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That for the services performed
by the said commissioners, or by the said clerk of said commis-
sioners, by virtue of this act, they shall be entitled to have, and
receive such compensation as shall be fixed and determined by
Baltimore county court.

Act of 1830
eh. 125, ex-
tended to
costs on
fines.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the act passed at December
session, of the year eighteen hundred and thirty, chapter one
hundred and twenty-five, be, and the same is hereby declared
to extend to costs ia all cases of fines imposed in any criminal
proceedings.

CHAPTER 317.
AN ACT to Restrain Private Banking.

Banks and
bankers
prohibited
from pass-
ing notes,
&c. under

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, or associa-
tion of persons engaged in banking, or in the business of re-
ceiving deposites of money, or of making discounts, or of issuing
notes or other evidences of debt to be loaned, or put in circula-
tion as money, or as currency, or to circulate as if it were
currency, to pay, give, or in any way circulate or attempt to
circulate, any bill, promissory note, payable to bearer, or paya-
ble to order, check, draft, or other evidence of debt, which shall
purport to be for the payment of a less sum of money than five