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instead of his signature. The check, designed by the Legislature, would
be continued by this means, but a vast amount of unnecessary manual
labor would be saved to the Comptroller.

Licenses to Auctioneers and to Agents of Insurance Companies, not in-
corporated by the laws of this State, should issue directly from the Comp-
troller's Office to the parties, and such a change should be' authorised by
law.

The Clerks of the various Courts, with, laudable .punctuality, have, paid,
into the Treasury, the public money, which accrued in their hands during
the last fiscal year, with the exception of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Caroline County, who is in default for revenue in his hands, as of 1st
December 1854 and 1st June 1855. Suits have been ordered on his Official

Bond for this indebtedness.

That part of the revenue, derived from Tax on Commissions of Trustees
and Receivers, could be more effectually, secured by requiring the Auditors
of the several Courts to send to the Comptroller, immediately after the

rendition of their audits in each Equity Case, a statement of the allowance
of Commissions made to any Trustee or Receiver. For this service, they
could be allowed a reasonable compensation, to be taxed as part of the
costs of the case.

Your attention is called to the suggestions made in the Report from this
Department to the Governor on the 3d January 1855, [a copy of which is
herewith transmitted,] in relation to the payment, into the Treasury of

Fines, imposed by Justices of the Peace, under the laws there referred to

and also to the necessity of fixing regular accounting period during the
The additional safeguards recommended, to be thrown around this

execution of Bonds of Public Officers, charged with the collection of the
revenue, are again suggested.