3514 ARTICLE 95

An. Code, 1924, sec. 20. 1912, sec. 20. 1904, sec. 20. 1888, sec. 20. 1852, ch. 123, sec. 4.

20. Each security on said bond shall make oath that he is bona fide
worth, over and above his debts, not less than some specific sum to be
stated in said oath, which said oath shall be endorsed on said bond and
recorded therewith; and the governor shall not approve any bond of the
said agent unless the sum or sums so sworn to shall in the aggregate at
least equal the amount of the penalty thereof and he shall be satisfied of
the availability of each security.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 21. 1912, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 21. 1888, sec. 21. 1852, ch. 123, sec. 5.

21. The bond of the said agent when duly executed and approved as
hereinbefore provided shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
court of appeals; and certified copies thereof under the seal of the said
court may be used in evidence in any court of law or equity in this State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 22. 1888, sec. 22. 1858, ch. 109, sec. 1.

1872, ch. 103. 1872, ch. 435.

22. The treasurer of the State shall record all State coupons that have
been or may hereafter be paid and returned to the treasury by the agents
employed to pay the interest on the public debt and shall, together with
the comptroller at the close of every month, examine and burn all such
coupons that have been recorded and shall make a report of their proceed-
ings showing the amount of the value of such coupons to the legislature
at each session thereof.

An. Code, 1924, see. 23. 1912, sec. 23. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 23. 1862, ch. 112.

1890, ch. 571.

23. The comptroller and treasurer shall within the first two weeks of
January, April, July and October in every year, in the presence of the
governor, count and cancel the bonds and certificates for stocks of the
State and count and examine the other securities purchased or obtained by
the treasurer for the use of the sinking fund; and a statement of the bonds
and certificates so counted and those so counted and cancelled signed by
the comptroller and treasurer and countersigned by the governor shall be
filed in the office of the comptroller within one week after each such count
and cancellation; and the committee on finance of the senate and the com-
mittee on ways and means of the house of delegates shall jointly during
each session of the legislature and within the first month of such session
examine and count all such bonds and certificates of stock so purchased
or obtained up to the close of the fiscal year next preceding such session
and cancelled or stamped "purchased for the sinking fund," as required
by the provisions of this article, and shall burn all such bonds and cer-
tificates of stock as belong to the overdue debt of the State and shall ex-
amine carefully all bonds or certificates of stock maturing at some future
day for the purpose of ascertaining that the same have been endorsed or
marked, cancelled or stamped "purchased for the sinking fund," as re-
quired by section 26, and that the accruing coupons and interest thereon
have been collected and credited to said sinking fund and shall make a
joint report of their proceedings therein to both houses of the legislature
within two weeks after they shall have finished their said duties as pre-
scribed by this section.