And the committee of finance of the senate, and the committee
of ways and means of the house of delegates, shall examine
said books of the treasurer during the first thirty days of the
session, and shall burn and destroy all the State bonds and
certificates of debt which have been paid, redeemed and
charged off as aforesaid, and make report and certificate thereof
to the general assembly, which report shall be printed in the
journal of the proceedings of the senate or house of delegates.

1906, ch. 185, sec. 3.

17. If after advertising, as provided in section 15, for sealed
proposals, no such sealed proposal shall be submitted, or if as
authorized in said section, they shall reject all of said pro-
posals, they shall be authorized to sell and transfer the State's
interest in any or all works of internal improvement and any
or all banking corporations at private sale upon the best terms
and highest prices which they can obtain therefor; and in
making said public or private sale or sales they shall be
authorized to employ such agents to assist them in making
such sales to the best advantage as they shall deem necessary
to secure the most advantageous sale or sales of the State's
said interest, and to pay said agent or agents so employed such
compensation for their services as shall be mutually agreed on,
such compensation to be paid only out of the proceeds of
sales, and not otherwise.

Ibid, sec. 4.

18. The sum of five hundred dollars is appropriated out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the
purpose of defraying the costs and expenses which shall be
incurred by the board of public works in carrying this sub-
title into effect.

Approved March 27, 1906.

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