1248 REVENUE AND TAXES. [ART. 81.

treasurer, on the first Monday of March, June, September and
December, in each and every year, all sums of money received by
them respectively, for which they shall be allowed a commission,
of five per centum upon the amount so paid over.
Banks v. State, 60 Md 305.

P. G L., (1860,) art. 81, sec. 147. 1845, ch. 71, secs. 2-3. 1847, ch. 222, sec 12.
1868, ch. 196. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 136.

125. If any of the said clerks or registers shall fail to account
and pay over as required in the preceding section, the comp-
troller shall, in thirty days thereafter, give notice thereof to the
State's attorney for the county or city whose duty it shall be to
put the bond of such clerk or register in suit for the use of the
State, in which suit a recovery shall be had for the amount
appearing to be due, with interest at the rate of ten per cent,
per annum, from the date or dates when the same was payable
as aforesaid, which recovery, shall be evidence of misbehavior,
and upon conviction thereof the said, clerk or register shall be
removed from, office, which shall thereupon be filled as pre-
scribed by the constitution; and such failure on the part of
any clerk or register shall amount to a forfeiture of the commis-
sion to which he would otherwise be entitled.

Priority of State's Lien.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 81, sec. 148. 1778, ch. 9, sec. 6. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 137.

1878, ch. 237.

126. All lands and tenements belonging- to any person in-
debted to this State, after the commencement of a suit therefor
against him, shall be liable to execution on any judgment or
decree which may be rendered against him in such suit, in
whosesoever hands or possession the said lands or tenements may
be found; but where the debtor hath granted or may hereafter
grant any road, way or easement in or over any lands liable as
as aforesaid, the rights accruing through or by such grant shall not
be affected by the preceding provisions of this section; provided,
however, that all existing rights of the State now vested shall not be
in any way diminished or released, except as herein provided.

Davidson v. Clayland, 1 H. & J. 546. State v. Bank of Md., 6 G. &
J. 205. Smith v. State, 5 Gill, 45. Jones v. Jones, 1 Bl. 443. Hodges
v. Mullikin, 1 Bl. 503. Ridgely v.Iglehart, 3 Bl. 540. Green's Estate.
4 Md. Ch. 356. State v. Mayor, &c., 10 Md. 515.