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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. CXXVII.
An Act more effectually to secure the Collection of the Public Revenues.
Lib. TH. No. 2, fol. 305. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 127.
Passed Jan. 6, 1810. |
WHEREAS it appears from the statements of the treasurers
of the
respective shores, that very considerable sums of money are due to
this state under the several denominations of debts therein specified,
and some of said debts appear to have been long since due, and in
a very hazardous situation; and it being at all times not only the
duty of the legislature to secure and protect the public revenue, but
also to adopt such measures as may tend more effectually to collect
the outstanding debts due to the state, and to bring the same as
speedily and as far as possible into the treasury, therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the treasurers of the western and eastern shores respectively, be
and they are hereby authorised and required, to order and direct
suit or suits to be brought immediately against such debtor or debtors
for debts due to this state as they may deem necessary, right
and proper, having a reference to the validity thereof, and also to
prosecute, and to continue to final issue and determination, all such
suit or suits already brought and still depending for debts due to
the state, as they may think advisable and proper. |
Treasurers to direct
suits to be
brought. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any clerk, sheriff
or collector,
of any county of this state, shall hereafter refuse or neglect to pay
unto the treasurer of the shore to whom the same ought to be paid,
any monies of the said state in the hands of the said clerk, sheriff
or collector, at the time limited by law for the payment thereof,
and to render and settle his accounts with the said treasurer, it
shall be, and it is hereby expressly declared to be, the duty of the
said treasurer, within three months thereafter, to order and direct
suit or suits to be instituted and commenced on the said clerk's,
sheriff's and collector's bond, respectively, for the recovery of all
monies so due and owing.
See 1800, ch. 82, s. 4. |
To order suits on
sheriffs, clerks,
and collectors
bonds, upon non
payment of monies
for 3 months. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the treasurer of
the western or
eastern shore respectively, upon the ordering any such suit or suits,
may appoint any attorney to such suit or suits so directed to be
brought, prosecuted or continued, as aforesaid; Provided, that all
monies to be recovered in said suits shall paid to the treasurer of
the western or eastern shore, and to no other person or persons
whatsoever. |
May appoint attornies
to suits.
Proviso. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any clerk of
any county court
upon whose bond judgment shall be entered as aforesaid, and execution
shall be issued, shall not pay the monies due thereon to the
respective treasurer for two successive terms to which said execution
shall be returnable, such default shall be, and the same is hereby
declared to be, misbehavior in office, within the meaning of
the constitution, and shall be prosecuted as such; and it shall be the
duty of the respective county courts to give the same in charge to
the grand jury of their counties respectively.
See 1800, ch. 82, s. 5. |
Clerk on whose
bond judgment
has been entered,
not paying money
for two terms, is
declared guilty of
misbehavior in
office. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That a statement of
the proceedings of
the said treasurers respectively, in pursuance of this act, be annually,
laid before the legislature. |
Treasurer to lay a
statement annually
before legislature. |
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