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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
Volume 190, Page 967   View pdf image (33K)
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1872.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 967
Mr. Stone submitted the following amendment :
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Section 2. And be it enacted. That the Treasurer of this
State skull. upon the -warrant of the Comptroller, disburse
the said gums of money herein appropriated for the objects
and purposes specified to, or upon the order of the person or
persons, bodies politic or corporate, severally entitled thereto,
and that the several public officers to whom the same, or any
part thereof, may be paid, shall render quarterly to the
'Comptroller accounts of the expenditures thereof with the
proper vouchers thereof, verified by affidavits.
Which was adopted.
The bill as amended was then read a second time, and
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the next
order of the day, being *
The bill entitled, an Act to regulate the taxation of Coal
Mining Companies of this State, for State purposes.
Said bill being upon a second reading,
Mr. Stone submitted the following amendment :
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Section 4, line 4, after the word "shall," insert the words,
"be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall."
"Which was adopted.
Mr. Stone submitted the following amendment:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Section 8. And be it further enacted. That for the purpose
of enabling the Comptroller to test the correctness oi the
return made by the President, Treasurer, Cashier, or other
officer of any railroad or canal company made in the pursu-
ance of this Act, or in the event of the failure or such Presi-
dent, Treasurer, Chashier, or other officer, to make return as
directed by this Act, to enable the said Comptroller to ascer-
tain the amount of coal so mined and transported by any
company as aforesaid; said Comptroller be and he is hereby,
authorized and empowered to examine under oath any officer
of any railroad or canal company in this State, or any other
person touching the amount oi coal so mined and trans-
ported as aforesaid, and any such officer or other person re-
fusing to be sworn 01 to testify his knowledge when called
on by said Comptroller, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon indictment, and conviction thereof, in any
Court; having jurisdiction, be fined not less than one hundred

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