COMPTROLLER 689

An. Code, 1924, sec. 28. 1912, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, sec. 28. 1862, ch. 120.

28. He shall cause to be printed, in the forms heretofore used and
sanctioned by law, blank protests of bills of exchange and promissory notes,
and stamp the same with the same stamp used by him on all licenses issued
from his office, and shall take receipts from the several notaries public for
all such stamped protests at any time delivered to them.

The obligation imposed upon Comptroller does not cure defects in notary's certificate.
Wolf v. Union Trust Co., 150 Md. 389.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 29. 1912, sec. 29. 1904, sec. 29. 1888, sec. 29. 1854, ch. 16.

29. He shall, after each regular session of the general assembly, fur-
nish 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 30. 1912, sec. 30. 1904, sec. 30. 1888, 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 mat-
ter 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 31. 1912, sec. 31. 1904, sec. 31. 1888, 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 sink-
ing 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 32. 1912, sec. 32. 1904, sec. 32. 1888, 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 of class
thereof will cease; and if said bonds or certificates so overdue and particu-
larly described in said published notice be not presented for payment by
said day, the payment of interest on the same shall cease, and no further
payment of interest on the same shall be made.