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of such defaulter, and to prosecute the same with diligence and
effect; and in no case shall he foil to institute suit on the bond
of every collector of the taxes who shall be in default or arrear
for more than one year.
1888, art. 19, sec. 22. 1860, art. 22, sec. 20. 1852, ch. 67.
22. In case of the institution of any suit or action against
a collector or other officer charged with the collection or receipt
of monies belonging to the State, or against the official bond of
such collector or other officer, a statement of the account of such
collector or other officer, certified and signed'by the comp-
troller, shall be taken and received as prima facie evidence of
the debt or amount therein stated to be due.
Ibid. sec. 23. 1860, art. 69, sec. 6. 1856, ch. 16, sec. 8. 1876, ch. 206.
23. The comptroller shall furnish each officer of the State,
whose accounts are in arrears, at least sixty days prior to a
general election, a full statement of his accounts; and in
default of his accounting for such deficiencies within thirty
days, then it shall be the duty of the comptroller to have
published weekly, for one month, in one or more newspapers
in the county or city in which said defaulters have held or
may be holding office, and in no other newspapers, the names
and titles of said officers, with the amount of said deficiencies ;
and the cost of advertisement of the account of such defaulters
may be recovered in the name of the State against their
official bond; but no defaulter whose accounts have remained
unsettled for over five years shall be advertised.
Ibid. sec. 24. 1860, art. 22, sec. 21. 1852, ch. 314, sec 4.
24. The comptroller shall see that the provisions requiring
the publication by the banks and other incorporated moneyed
institutions of unclaimed dividends and deposits shall be
complied with.
Ibid sec. 25. 1860, art 22, sec. 22. 1853, ch. 86, sec. 2.
25. He shall cause to be printed, in the forms prescribed by
law or usage, blank marriage licenses, traders' licenses, ordi-
nary licenses, non-resident licenses, brokers' licenses, hawkers'
and peddler's licenses, exhibition licenses, billiard-table licenses,
wood-hucksters' licenses, and all other licenses issued by the
clerks of the courts of this State, and now authorized by law,
with the several rates, grades and descriptions thereof, with
reference to the character and object of said licenses, the s
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