LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 23d, 1896.

CHAPTER 77.

AN ACT to repeal Section 37 of Article 19 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Comptroller," as amended by
Chapter 83 of the Acts of 1892, and as further amended by
Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1894, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land. That section 37 of Article 19 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Comptroller," as amended by chapter 83
of the acts of 1892, and as further amended by chapter 300 of
the acts of 1894, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows :
37. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered to adjust

Repeal.

and settle the claims of the State against all collectors, sheriffs,
clerks of courts and registers of wills, and other collectors or
receivers of public moneys, and their securities, and against
corporations and individuals who may be indebted to the
State, in all cases where said claims accrued prior to- and in-
cluding the year 1894, and whether said claims be in the form
of judgment or otherwise; and for the purpose of closing all
such cases, the Comptroller is fully authorized to compromise
the same by abating the interest that has accrued, or any por-
tion thereof, of any part of the principal debt in his discretion,
so as to best subserve the interest of the State, and shall grant
discharges to the said parties and their securities, upon the
payment into the treasury of the amount required by him to
be paid in the settlement as aforesaid; provided, however,
that the Governor and Treasurer, for the time being, shall each
approve in writing any such abatement before the same shall
be effective; and provided further, that no discharge or acquit-
tance under this section shall be effective, unless the party or
parties to be benefited by the same shall first pay the attorney
who shall have the case in hand the legal fees and all fees of
clerks or sheriffs.

Settlement of
claims due

the State.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect E
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 23d, 1896.
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Effective.