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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

CHAPTER 278.
AH ACT specifying certain duties to the Treasurer of the Western Shore,
in relation to Banks.

Shall re-
quire an-
nual reports
from banks
by 1st of
January.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the treasurer of the western shore of Maryland, be authorized
and directed to require of the president and directors of each
of the banks of this state, who, by their respective charters,
are directed to furnish statements once a year, or oftener, if
required, to the treasurer of the western shore, hereafter to fur-
nish the same within the month of January in each and every
year, and to transmit to the said treasurer an abstract of the
condition of each bank, as they may respectively stand on the

Specifying.

first Monday of said month of January, so that they shall set
forth the amount of their capital stock, bills in circulation, spe-
cifying the amount of the different denominations of issues ;
net profits on hand ; balances due to other banks ; cash depo-
sited, including all sums whatsoever due from the bank, not
bearing interest; cash deposited, bearing interest; gold, silver,
and other coined metals ; real estate ; bills of other banks,
incorporated in this state ; bills of other banks incorporated
elsewhere ; balances due from other banks ; amount of debts
due said bank, or bonds, or bills discounted, and the amount in

Explana-
tory.

stocks, whether of said bank, or any other bank whatsoever,
each of said items under separate and distinct heads; Provided,
that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to dimi-
nish or impair the right of the treasurer to make such requisi-
tions for information from said banks, at other times, and as
often as to him shall seem necessary.

CHAPTER 279.

AN ACT to authorize the Appointment of a Commissioner of Loans.

Appoint-
ment di-
rected.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the governor, with the consent of the council, shall from
time to time appoint the president of an incorporated bank, in
the city of Baltimore, to be commissioner of loans of this state,

Duties pre-
scribed.

whose duty it shall be, under such arrangement as the gover-
nor, with the consent of the council, shall approve and make
with such bank, to enter in books, to be provided at the cost of
the state, and kept subject at all times to the inspection of the
treasurer of the western shore of Maryland, or a committee of the
legislature, by such bank, for the purpose; credits to the respec-
tive proprietors of the stock of this state, heretofore authorized,
and that may be hereafter created, for the sums to which they
shall be respectively entitled, and to this end the said treasurer is

List to be
furnished.

hereby directed to furnish to said commissioner, a list of the
present proprietors of the stock of this state; and the said com-