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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
or any part of the principal debt, in Ins discretion, so
as to best subserve the interest of the State, and shall
grant discharges to the said parties and their securi-
ties, upon the payment into the Treasury of the
amount required by him to be paid in settlement
as aforesaid, provided, however, that the Governor and
Treasurer for the time being shall each approve in
writing of any such abatement before the same shall
be effective, and provided further, that no discharge or
acquittance under this Act shall be effective, unless
the party or parties to be benefited by the same shall
first pay the State's Attorney who shall have the case
in hand the legal fees, and also all fees of clerks and
sheriffs.
SEC. 2. And be it.enacted, That the State's Attor-
neys shall, when required, render unto the Comp-
troller all the assistance he may require in the adjust-
ment and settlement of the aforesaid claims, and the
said State's Attorneys shall have power to examine
evidence, and take and certify to affidavits as to the
solvency of any official bond that may he in suit, or
as to the solvency or insolvency of parties against
whom fines and forfeitures were rendered, in all
cases where such fines and forfeitures form part of
the State's claim against the principal and securities
on the bond aforesaid, and the State's Attorneys
ahull generally perform and do all other acts and
things germane to the purpose of this Act that
may be required in writing by the Comptroller as
aforesaid, and shall certify and return to the Comp-
troller all the aforesaid evidences.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That in all cases wherein
the Comptroller shall require the State's Attorneys to
assist him in executing this Act, he shall allow them or
any of them as compensation, a commission of five per
cent. on any State claim that he may collect or assist
him, the Comptroller, in collecting; and the Comp-
troller is hereby authorized to expend, in hia discre-
tion, under the approval of the Governor and Treasurer
as aforesaid, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, out of any moneys
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay
the cost of taking and collecting the aforesaid evi-
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