580 ARTICLE 19.

being shall each approve in writing any such abatement before the same
shall be effective and provided further that no discharge or quittance
under this section shall be effective unless the party or parties to be bene-
fited shall first pay the attorneys who shall have the case in hand the legal
fees and fees of clerks and sheriffs.

This section referred to—see notes to art. 15, sec. 1, Md. Constitution. Schneider v.
Yellott, 124 Md. 98.

See note to sec. 17.

An. Code, sec. 38. 1904, sec. 38. 1888, sec. 38. 1884, ch. 116, sec. 2.

38. For the purpose of bringing all unsettled balances due the State
to a speedy settlement, the comptroller is directed to employ such attor-
ney or attorneys as in his judgment will best subserve the interest of the
State.

An. Code, sec. 39. 1904, sec. 39. 1888, sec. 39. 1884, ch. 116, sec. 3.

39. In all cases where the comptroller shall require the services of
an attorney or attorneys to assist him in executing section 37 of this
article, he may allow such attorney or attorneys, as compensation, a com-
mission of ten per cent, on any .State claim such attorney or attorneys may
collect or assist him in collecting, where the amount of such claim does not
exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and a commission of five per cent,
on all sums which such attorney or attorneys may collect or assist in col-
lecting as aforesaid, where the claim exceeds the sum of five hundred
dollars.

An. Code, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 40. 1888, sec. 40. 1884, ch. 116, sec. 4.

40. Whenever any claim of the State shall be compromised or settled
by the comptroller, without payment in full, he shall make and keep
among the records of his office a statement of the evidence or facts upon
which such settlement was made.

Supervision of Expenditures of Corporations Receiving
Appropriations from the State.

An. Code, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 41. 1900, ch. 239, secs. 1 and 2.

41. All associations or incorporated institutions maintained for indus-
trial, educational, medical, humane, military or charitable purposes, secur-
ing any appropriation from the State treasury under the provisions of
an act of the general assembly, shall on or before the first day of February
after said appropriation or any part thereof shall have been received,
and annually thereafter, as long as said association or incorporation shall
continue a beneficiary of the State, file with the comptroller a full and
accurate account, giving, as far as the said comptroller may consider
practicable, an itemized statement of how the said amount so received
from the State has been expended; said account to be sworn to by the presi-
dent, vice-president or treasurer of said association or institution or
commanding officer of such military organization. All appropriations
made by the legislature, to any of such associations or institutions, if not so