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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and ninety six, of the acts of the assembly of eigh-

teen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "an act to

authorize the Comptroller of the Treasury to adjust

and settle the accounts due by collectors, sheriffs,

registers, and other receivers of public moneys, in

cases where the indebtedness accrued prior to and

including the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,"

be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted

so as to read as follows :

Comptroller to

1. The Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby au-

adjust and set-
tle accounts

thorized and empowered to adjust and settle the

claims of the State against all collectors, sheriffs,

clerks, registers, and other collectors or receivers of

public moneys, and their securities, in all cases,

where said claims accrued prior to, and including

the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and

whether said claims be now in the form of judgments

or otherwise, and for the purpose of closing all such

cases, the Comptroller is hereby fully authorized to

compromise the same by abating the interest that

has accrued, or any portion thereof, or any part of

the principal debt, in his discretion, so as to best

subserve the interest of the State, and shall grant

discharges to the said parties, and their securities,

upon the payment into the Treasury of the amount

required by him to he paid in settlement as afore-

Proviso

said, provided, however, that the Governor and

Treasurer lor the time being shall each approve in

writing of any such abatement belore the same shall

be effective, and, provided further, that no discharge

or acquittance under this act, shall be effective, un-

less the party or parties to be benefitted by the

same, shall first pay the State's attorney, who shall

have the case in hand, the legal fees, and all fees of

clerks or sheriffs.

In force

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the day of its passage.

Approved, 13th February, 1874.