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transmitted to the treasurer of this State within tive days after
the receipt of his request or requisition therefor, and a summary
of such report shall be published in some newspapers published
in the city or county where such association in this State may be
located, and if there be no newspapers published in such city or
county, then such summary shall be published in a newspaper
published in a county adjacent thereto; the publication of which
said reports shall be at the expense of the respective associations
in this State, thus making the same; and such proof of publi-
cation shall be furnished as may be required by the treasurer.
The treasurer shall also have power to call for special reports
from any such association in this State, whenever in his judg-
ment the same are necessary in order to invest him with a full
and complete knowledge of its condition.

1898, ch. 277.

31. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of this State, with
the approval of the Governor, to appoint from time to time an
examiner to visit each and every association mentioned in this
article, doing business in this State, (excepting State banks
which may be members of the Baltimore Clearing Association,
and as such required regularly to submit to examination by a
national bank examiner, ) at least once in each year, or oftener, if
in his judgment it may be necessary, for the purpose of making a
full and careful investigation of, and inquiry into the condition
and affairs of such bank, and for that purpose the treasurer of this
State or his duly appointed examiner, is hereby authorized and
empowered to administer oaths or affirmations, and examine under
oath or affirmation the owners and directors, and all officers and
employes and agents of such bank, and the examiner making
such examination shall reduce the result thereof to writing, giv-
ing a full, true and careful statement of the condition of said bank,
but no person shall be so appointed an examiner for the purpose
of investigating the condition of the affairs of any bank in this
State, who shall be an officer, agent or employe thereof.

Ibid.

32. Whenever the treasurer of this State shall become satis-
fied that any of the associations mentioned in this article have