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14. He shall keep and carefully preserve all the books, papers
and accounts belonging to the treasury office, including the debt-
books and other papers relative to the revenue of the late Lord
Proprietaries, and the books, papers and accounts of the Com-
missioner of Loans.

15. All persons having claims against the State for errors in
the payment of their State taxes, or for sums erroneously paid .
into the treasury, shall present the same with the proofs and
vouchers thereof to the Treasurer, who shall examine the same,
and report to the General Assembly at the next session thereof,
the names of suoh persons as in his opinion are entitled to an
allowance for said erroneous payments, and the amount that ought
to be paid to each.

16. The Treasurer, upon demand being made upon him by any
person or corporate body, having a claim against the State due
to him in his own right, shall, if such person or corporation is in-
debted to this State upon the books of the treasury to an amount
less than the sum so due and claimed, deduct the sum so due the
State from the amount demanded, and pay the difference only;
and if the amount due to the State shall be equal to, or exceed
the sum so demanded, the Treasurer shall withhold the entire
amount.

17. If the demand is made by any assignee of a party having
a claim against the State, the same right to withhold or deduct,
as the case may be, shall exist as if the demand were made by
the assignor.

18. The Treasurer may issue new evidences of debt or coupons
of interest, showing on their face that they are duplicates of
bonds or coupons alleged to be lost, and corresponding in amount
with the said lost bonds or coupons; Provided, the owners of such
bonds or coupons, before such renewal, shall, by legal and com-
petent evidence, prove to the satisfaction of the Treasurer the
loss of said bonds or coupons, and shall give him satisfactory
security to indemnify the State against any other claim or
demand on account of said bonds or coupons alleged to be
lost.

19. The Treasurer is authorized to appoint the president of an
incorporated bank in the city of Baltimore his agent, whose duty
it shall be, under such proper arrangements as the Treasurer