476 COMPTROLLER. [ART. 19

notaries public for all such stamped protests at any time delivered to
them.

1904, art. 19, sec. 29. 1888, art. 19, sec. 29. 1860, art. 22, sec. 25.
1854, ch. 16.

29. He shall, after each regular session of the general assembly,
furnish the printer of the laws with an accurate statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the public money for the fiscal year; and
it shall be the duty of the said printer to attach said statement to and
publish the same with the laws passed by the general assembly at such

sessions.

See art. 78.

Ibid. sec. 30. 1888, art. 19, sec. 30. 1868, ch. 285.

30. He is authorized to adjust and settle the claims of any of the
State's attorneys of the several counties and the city of Baltimore for
appearance fees in civil cases due to them by the State, and for all fees
similarly due for services rendered under the opinion of the attorney-
general in the matter of cases removed from said county or city for
trial or otherwise, and to fix and determine the amount due to said
State's attorneys, respectively, and to allow the same, and to issue his
warrant upon the treasurer for the payment of such amounts, which
said warrant the treasurer is authorized to pay.

Ibid. sec. 31. 1888, art. 19, sec. 31. 1872, ch. 276, sec. 3.

31. On the first day of July in every year, he shall set apart to the
credit of the sinking fund the sum of one hundred thousand dollars,
which, in addition to all sums otherwise accruing to the augmentation
of the sinking fund, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of taking
up the existing debt of this State; and he shall cause the same to be
invested in stock or bonds of this State, purchased at par or less; and
said bonds, after being cancelled, as directed in section 33, shall be
credited to the sinking fund, and held by the treasurer, subject to the
future action of the general assembly.

Ibid. sec. 32. 18S8. art. 10, sec. 32. 1872, ch. 276, sec. 4.

32. Whenever in the judgment of the comptroller there shall be a
surplus in the treasury over and above the amount necessary to meet
the current expenses of the State, as provided by law, he shall cause the
same to be invested in the bonds or certificates of debt of this State,
purchased at par or less; and in all purchases of bonds or certificates
hereby directed to be made, the treasurer shall give the preference to
the overdue debt of the State; and the comptroller and treasurer may
at any time require the said overdue debt or some class thereof which
can be regulated and accurately described to be presented at the place
where made payable, for payment, by giving not less than thirty days'
notice to the holders of such overdue debt, that on a day named in said
notice, interest on said overdue debt or class thereof will cease; and
if said bonds or certificates so overdue and particularly described