1842 REVENUE AND TAXES. [ART. 81

1888, art 81, sec. 124. 1860, art. 81, sec. 146. 1845, ch. 71, sec. 3. 1847, ch. 222,

sec. 12 1862, ch. 157. 1868, ch. 196 1874, ch. 483, sec 135.

1892, ch. 564

140. It shall be the duty of the several clerks and the
several registers of wills in this State to account with and pay
to the treasurer on the first Monday of March, June, Septem-
ber and December in each and every year all sums of money
received by them respectively, for which the clerks shall be
allowed a commission of five per centum and the registers of
will shall be allowed a commission of twenty-five per centum
upon the amount so paid over.

Banks v. State. 60 Md. 305.

Ibid. sec. 125. 1860, art. 81, sec. 147. 1845, ch. 71, secs, 2 and 3.
1847, ch. 222, sec. 12. 1868, ch. 196. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 136.

141. If any of the said clerks or registers shall fail to
account and pay over as required in the preceding section, the
comptroller 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 oi 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 prescribed by the constitution; and such failure on the
part of any clerk or register shall amount to a forfeiture of the
commission to which he would otherwise be entitled.

Priority of State's Lien.

Ibid sec. 126 1860, art. 81, sec. 148. 1778, ch. 9, sec. 6. 1874, ch. 483,
sec. 137. 1878, ch. 237.

142. All lands and tenements belonging to any person
indebted to this State, after the commencement of a suit there-
for 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 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