COLLECTORS, SHERIFFS, SECURITIES, &c. 81

JOHN R. STOUT.

AN ACT for the relief of John R. Story, late Sheriff of Queen Anne's county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That John R. Story, late Sheriff of Queen Anne's county, be and he is
hereby allowed further time, until the first day of March, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-four, to collect all fines and forfeitures, and balances of
fines and forfeitures, now due to and uncollected by him, and he is here-
by authorized and empowered to collect the same in the manner pro-
vided by existing laws for the collection of fines and forfeitures; pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained, shall prevent or delay the enforce-
ment of their rights and remedies by the Comptroller, County Commis-
sioners, or others interested, provided the said Sheriff shall make affidavit,
to be filed with the execution in each case, that the fine or forfeiture in
said execution, specified has not been paid to said Sheriff, or to his
deputy.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

ROBERT THOMPSON, JAMES R. THOMPSON AND FORD COMBS.

AN ACT for the relief of Robert Thompson, James E. Thompson and Ford Combs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized and empowered
to adjust the accounts of the State of Maryland against Robert Thomp-
son and James R. Thompson, sureties for E. T. Abell, deceased, late
collector of State taxes in the second district of Saint Mary's county,
for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and to allow as credits all
sums of money for which the State's Attorney may have receipted.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller be and he is here-
by authorized and empowered, to adjust the accounts of the State of
Maryland against Robert Thompson and Ford Combs, sureties for E.
T. Abell, deceased, collector of State taxes in the second district of
Saint Mary's county, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and
to allow as credits all sums of money for which the State's Attorney
may have receipted.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That after having adjusted the accounts
of said State of Maryland against Robert Thompson and Ford Combs,
sureties of E. T. Abell, deceased, according to the provisions of the
second section of this act, the Comptroller is hereby authorized to ex-
tend the time of payment of the principal of the amount which may be
due the State, in instalments of one, two, three and four years, to said
sureties, upon condition that the interest due at the date of the passage