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Sec. 18. And be it enacted, That if said road shall not be commenced within the period of three years from the passage of this Act and be not finished within seven years thereafter this Act shall be null and void.	Limit.
Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That this Act take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 28, 1868.	In force.
CHAPTER 196. AN ACT to amend Sections one hundred and forty-six and one hundred and forty-seven of the eighty-first Article of the Code of Public Gene- ral Laws relating to the payment of public moneys by Clerks and Register of Wills.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the one hundred and forty-sixth and one hundred and forty-seventh Sections of the eighty-first Article of the Code of Public General Laws be and the same are hereby repealed and re- enacted as follows :	Repealed and re-enacted.
Sec. 146. It shall be the duty of the several Clerks and the several Registers of Wills in this State to account with upon oath and pay to the Treasurer on the first Monday of March, June, September and December in each and every year all sums of money received by them respectively under this Article, for which they shall be allowed a commission of five per centum upon the amount so paid over.	Pay to Trea- surer.
Sec. 147. If any of the said Clerks or Registers shall fail to account and pay over as required in the last preceding section, the Comptroller shall in thirty days thereafter give notice thereof to the States Attorney for the county or city, whose duty it shall be to put the bend of such Clerk or Re-	Penalty. .