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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by death or refusal, or failure to act as such of the

commissioners herein named, be and the same is

hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so

as to read as follows :

SEC. 2. That Sidney I. Wailes, of Wicomico county,

the surviving commissioner of the State of Maryland

Authorized

under said act, be and he is hereby authorized to

to prosecute
claims ag'inst
the Govern-

prosecute the settlement of all claims of the State
against the Government of the United States, and

ment

he is hereby allowed a commission of thirty per cent.

upon any sum that shall be recovered by him and

paid by the Government of the United States into

the treasury of the State of Maryland, as full com-

pensation for his services and expenses in the prose-

cution of said claims of the said State against the

United States, it being the intent and meaning of

this General Assembly that the said commissioner

Shall not

shall not claim or receive from the said State any

claim any
further com-

other or further compensation for his services ren-

pensation.

dered or to be rendered, and expenses incurred or to

be incurred in the prosecution of said claims, except

the commission contingent upon his success, and

hereinbefore allowed him, on such amount as may

be recovered by him as aforesaid and paid into the

treasury of said State.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Comp-

Comptroller
directed to
issue warrant

troller of the Treasury be and he is hereby author-
ized and directed to issue his warrant to the Treas-

urer to pay to the said S. I. Wailes a commission of

thirty per cent, on such sum as shall be recovered

by him and paid by the Government of the United
States into the treasury of said State upon said claims,

Shall be paya

and that the said commissions shall be payable upon

ble upon

the several amounts received on said claims as they

are paid into the treasury.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the

Event of

event of the death or resignation of said commis-

death or re-
signation.

sioner, the Governor is hereby authorized to fill the

vacancy.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1878.