156 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 116.
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AN ACT to authorize the Comptroller of the Treas-
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ury to adjust and settle the accounts due by Collec-
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tors, Sheriffs, Clerks of Courts, Registers of Wills
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and other receivers of public moneys, incorpora-
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tions and individuals, who may be indebted to the
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state in cases where the indebtedness accrued prior
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to and including the year eighteen hundred and
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eighty-two.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the comptroller be and he is
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Comptroller to
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hereby authorized and empowered to adjust and settle
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adjust and set-
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the claims of the state against all collectors, sheriffs,
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tle claims.
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clerks of courts and registers of wills, and other col-
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lectors or receivers of public moneys, and their securi-
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ties, incorporations and individuals, who may be in-
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debted to the state in all cases where said claims ac-
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crued pior to and including the year eighteen hun-
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dred and eighty-two; and whether said claims be now
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in the form of judgments or otherwise; and for the
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purpose of closing all such cases, the comptroller is
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Authorized to
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hereby fully authorized to compromise the same by
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compromise.
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abating the interest that has accrued, or any portion
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thereof, or any part of the principal debt, in his discre-
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tion, so as to best subserve the interest of the state)
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and shall grant discharges to the said parties and their
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securities upon the payment into the treasury of the
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amount required by him to be paid in the settlement
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as aforesaid; provided, however, that the governor
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and treasurer for the time being shall each approve, in
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writing, any such abatement before the same shall be
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effective; and provided further, that no discharge or
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acquittance under this act shall be effective unless the
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party or parties to be benefited by the same shall first
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Ray the attorney, who shall have the case in hand, the
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legal fees and all fees of clerks or sheriffs.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
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of bringing all unsettled balances due the state to a
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Authorized to
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speedy settlement, the comptroller is directed to em-
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employ.
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ploy such attorney or attorneys as in his judgment will
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best subserve the interest of the state.
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