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provided, shall continue to be a charge against the works of in-
ternal improvements, or against the tobacco fund, as the case may
be, and shall be carried to the credit of the sinking fund for that
purpose and no other.

P. G. L, (1860,) art. 94, sec. 12. 1837, ch. 857, sec. 1.

10. The treasurer shall provide in such manner as he shall
deem most expedient for transmitting to Europe, and there dis-
bursing securely and punctually, all such sums of money as from
time to time may be necessary to pay the interest which is to-
accrue on that part of the debt of this State, the interest whereof
is payable in Europe.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1847, ch 41.

11. Upon the application of the holder of any of the sterling
bonds of this State, and upon the surrendering and cancelling of
the same and of their proper coupons, he shall issue to and in the
name of said applicant, or any other person named by him, a
certificate or certificates of debt of the State for the principal of
the bond or bonds so rendered to him, converted into current
money of the United States, at the rate of four dollars and
eighty-four cents for each pound sterling, or at such rates as may
be established by act of congress, to bear interest of five per
centum per annum from the first day of January or July, as the
case may be, next before its issue, payable quarterly at the treas-
ury, and to be there redeemable at the pleasure of the State, after
the time in that behalf limited in and by said sterling bonds.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1781, ch 20, sec. 4 1852, Res. No 13.

12. He shall keep and carefully preserve all the books, papers
and accounts belonging to the treasury office, including the debt
books and other papers relative to the revenue of the lord
proprietaries, and the books, papers and accounts of the commis-
sioner of loans.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1853, ch 247.

13. 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