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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1802.

they are hereby empowered to compound with all persons who
have heretofore made discovery of British property, confiscated
property, or property liable to confiscation, either to the governor
and council, the late intendant, or any of the state agents, and
to allow not exceeding one-third of the value of such property
to any person or persons having made such discovery, and who
shall make application to the governor and council on or before
the first day of May next, to compound for and purchase the
same, and the said governor and council are hereby authorized
to dispose of such property to such applicants, and take bonds
with good and sufficient security, to be approved of by the trea-
surer of the western shore, for the purchase money, bearing
interest, payable to the state at the periods that may be
agreed on.
Extended by 1803, ch. 109, to persons who had since this act made dis-
coveries or should make discoveries of such property. See 1814, ch. 103,
by which the provisions are extended to any such property which may be
discovered, and six months allowed to compound.

In case
such person
neglects to
purchase,
state's right
may be
disposed of
to any other
person.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That if such discoverers shall not
make known to the governor and council the title of the state
to the property aforesaid, on or before the first day of May next,
or shall refuse or neglect, on or before that day, to agree for the
purchase of the same, that then the governor and council shall
be and they are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the
state's right to the said property to any person or persons apply-
ing to purchase the same, or may appoint a fit and proper per-
son as aforesaid, who shall give bond as aforesaid, to sell the
same at public sale in the manner as is herein before directed,
without making such discoverers, who refuse or neglect as
aforesaid, any compensation.

Persons
purchasing,
may prose-
cute suit for
recovery of
said pro-
perty.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That it shall and may be lawful
for any person or persons purchasing as aforesaid any confisca-
ted British properly under the authority of this act, to prosecute
any suit or suits, either in law or equity, in the name of the
state, for recovery of said property for their use; Provided, that
the said state shall not be liable to pay any costs incurred in
prosecution of said suits, but that the same shall be paid by the
person or persons for whose use said suits shall be prosecuted ;

Proviso.

And provided also, that in all such sales, so to be made by the
governor and council, or under their direction and appointment,
it shall be made known, and it shall be a condition thereof, that
they only sell the right of the state thereto, and that the state
doth not guaranty the title to the same, or any part thereof, but
that the purchase must be in all respects at the risk of the
purchaser.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That on all sales to be made by
the governor and council, and under their direction and appoint-