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quire of the person making the application, whether
he knows or believes that there is any real estate of
the decedent liable to the collateral inheritance tax,
and the answer of such applicant shall be given on
oath if the court or register requires it.
SEC. 134. The register of wills shall give to the per-
son paying the collateral inheritance tax imposed by	Duplicate
this article, duplicate receipts for said tax, one of	receipts.
which shall be forwarded by said person to the Treas-
urer, to be by him preserved, and copies thereof
shall be evidence in suits upon the bond of said
register.
SEC. 135. It shall be the duty of the several clerks
and the several registers of wills in this State, to ac-	To account on,
count with, upon oath, and pay to the Treasurer on	oath
the first Monday of March, June, September and
December, in each and every year, all sums of money
received by them respectively, for which they shall
be allowed a commission of five per centum upon
the amount so paid over.
SEC. 136. If any of the said clerks or registers
shall fail to account and pay over as required in the last preceding section, the Comptroller shall, in thirty	Shall fall to account.
days thereafter, give notice thereof to the State's At-
torney for the county or city, whose duty it shall be
to put the bond of such clerk or register in suit for
the use of the State, in which suit a recovery shall
be had for the amount appearing to be due, with in-
terest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from the
date or dates when the same was payable as aforesaid,
which recovery shall be evidence of misbehavior, and
upon conviction thereof, the said clerk or register
shall be removed from office, which shall thereupon
be filled as prescribed by the Constitution, and such
failure on the part of any clerk or register, shall
amount to a forfeiture of the commission to which
he would otherwise te entitled.
SEC. 137. All lands and tenements belonging to
any person indebted to this State, after the com-
mencement of suit against him, shall be liable to	Liable to exe- cution
execution on any judgment or decree which may be
rendered against him in such suit, in whatsoever
hands or possession the said lands or tenements may
be found.