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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
or otherwise unable to attend, or should be absent, and there-

Drawing
Jurors.

fore not be found, it shall be the duty of said sheriff forthwith
to return the fact of such death, disability or absence, and the
said judges shall thereupon cause to be drawn from said box, in
the manner hereinbefore directed, other names in the place
and stead of the original who may be dead, disabled or absent,
and shall cause the name or names of such person or persons
so as last aforesaid drawn, to be inserted in said venire facias
to be summoned as aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the
sheriff to summon the person named in said venire facias and
make return thereof to the said court at the opening of its
session; this section shall not apply to Prince George's county,
nor to Dorchester, Wicomico or other counties, as to which
special provision is made by the local law thereof.

Effective.

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

Approved April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 300.

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 to re-enact the same
with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repeal.

Maryland, That section 37 of article 19 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws, title "Comptroller," as amended by chapter
83 of the acts of 1692, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

SEC. 37. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered to

Comptroller
authorized
to settle
claims
against
State.

adjust and settle the claims of the State against all collectors,
sheriffs, clerks of courts and registers of wills and other col-
lectors 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 occurred prior to and
including the year 1892, 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 compro-
mise the same by abating the interest that has accrued, or any