50 COMPTROLLER. [ART. 20.
ARTICLE XX.

Comptroller.

T. Office of. 18. Not to sign blank warrants . to register warrants before issue 19. To report on claims against state.

20. When and how to pay claims. 26 To stump protests 27. Additional clerk.

1863, c 230. Office.

1862, c. 230 amends section 7 of this article as follows : SEC. 7. The comptroller shall keep his office in the building now occupied by him in the city of Annap- olis, until otherwise provided by law. In force from March 10, 1862.

1862, c. 140 repeals section 18, and enacts the following substitute:

1862, c 140. Not to sign blank war- rants, to regis- ter warrants before issue.

18. The comptroller shall not sign any warrant for the disbursement of money in blank, and be shall permit no warrant either for the disbursement or receipt of money to be issued from his office, unless the entry of the amount stated in such warrant, and the purpose and account for which it is issued, be first entered on the books of his office. In force from February 7, 1862.

1862, c. 180 adds the following sections, to follow section 16 of this article:

1862, C. 180. To report on claims against state

19. All persons having claims against the state for errors in the payment of their state taxes, or for sums erroneously paid into the treasury, shall present the same with the proofs and vouchers thereof to the comptroller, who shall examine the same, and report to the general assembly at the next session thereof the names of such persons as in his opinion are en- titled to an allowance for said erroneous payments, and the amount that ought to be paid to each.