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vouchers thereof, to the treasurer, 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 entitled to an allow-
ance for said erroneous payments, and the amount that ought to
be paid to each.

P. G. L., (1860,) art 94, sec. 16. 1845, ch. 145, sec. 1.

14. The treasurer, upon demand being made upon him by any
person or corporate body having a claim against the State due to
him or it in his or its own right, shall, if such person or corporation
is indebted to this State upon the books of the treasury to an
amount less than the sum so due and claimed, deduct the sum so
due the State from the amount demanded, and pay the difference
only; and if the amount due to the State shall be equal to or
exceed the sum so demanded, the treasurer shall withhold the

entire amount.

Ibid. sec. 17. 1845, ch. 145, sec. 2.

15. If the demand is made by any assignee of a party having a

claim against the State, the same right to withhold or deduct, as
the case may be, shall exist as if the demand were made by the
assignor.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1856, ch. 149.

16. The treasurer may issue new evidences of debt or coupons

of interest, showing on their face that they are duplicates of
bonds or coupons alleged to be lost, and corresponding in amount
with the said lost bonds or coupons; provided, the owners of such
bonds or coupons before such renewal, shall, by legal and com-
petent evidence, prove to the satisfaction of the treasurer the loss
of said bonds or coupons, and shall give him satisfactory security
to indemnify the State against any other claim or demand on
account of said bonds or coupons alleged to be lost.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1834, ch. 279, sec. 1. 1852, ch. 123, sec. 1.

17. The treasurer is authorized to appoint the president of an
incorporated bank in the city of Baltimore his agent, whose duty
It shall be, under such proper arrangements as the treasurer shall
make, to pay the interest upon the public debt; the interest on
such portion thereof as consists of the currency stock, to be paid