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cates maturing at some future day, as may be purchased in
pursuance of these provisions, shall be cancelled by the treas-
urer in the presence of the comptroller, by writing the word
"cancelled" across the face of said bonds or certificates, with
the date of said cancellation in red ink, and signing the name
of the said treasurer thereto also in red ink; and said bonds or
certificates shall then be held by the treasurer to the credit of
the sinking fund, and the interest thereon shall accrue to said
fund until such time as the general assembly may dispose of the
said bonds or certificates.

1888, art. 19, sec. 34. 1872, ch. 276, sec. 6.

34. The comptroller is hereby directed to draw his warrant
on the treasurer for the payment of the bonds or certificates so
taken up or purchased.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1878, ch. 91, sec. 1.

35- In making the apportionments required by article 77, title,
Public Education, it shall be the duty of the comptroller to
equalize, as far as may be possible, the sums to be apportioned,
so as to apportion and distribute the same amount, as far as
may be practicable, on the fifteenth day of June, the first day
October, the first day of January, and the fifteenth day of May,
in each year.

Ibid. sec. 36. 1878, ch. 91, sec. 2.

36. Until otherwise expressly directed by law the comp-
troller shall charge to said fund and pay therefrom the annual
appropriations that have been or may hereafter continue to be
made for the education of colored children, and also with like
appropriations for. the support of the State normal school, for
the colored normal school, and the expenses of the State board
of education.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1884, ch. 116, sec. 1 1888, ch. 537. 1892, ch. 83.

1894, ch. 300. 1896, ch. 77. 1898, ch. 205. 1900, ch. 556.

1902, ch. 537. 1904, ch. 494.

37. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered to adjust
and settle the claims of the State against all collectors, sheriffs,
clerks of courts, registers of wills and other collectors or
receivers of public moneys and their sureties, and against cor-
porations and individuals who may be indebted to the State in