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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

so required by said commissioners, make oath in due form of
law, respectively, that they are the owners in their own right
of real estate situate in the State of Maryland, equal, at least,
over and above their liabilities and debts, in value to the
amount of their bond; and it shall be the duty of said com-
missioners, before approving the bond of any treasurer, as
hereinbefore provided, to cause the records of the county or
city wherein the sureties reside or wherein their property is
situate, to be searched by their counsel or by some competent
person for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency of such
bond as presented for approval; and the person making the
search shall, under oath, report to the said commissioners the
result of such examination; the commissioners may, at any
time, demand of any treasurer such other and further bond,
with such other and further security, as in their judgment the
interests of the State or said county may require, and in case
of the default of such treasurer to furnish such additional
security required, within the time specified, the said County
Commissioners shall declare said office vacant and proceed to
fill the same as hereinbefore provided in cases of vacancies.

Effective.

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

Approved January 17th, 1894.

CHAPTER 2.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the claim of
Messrs. Thomas and Evans, printers and publishers, of Balti-
timore City, for printing and distributing the State school
report for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

To pay claim.

SECTION 1. Be. it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Comptroller of the State be and is
authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer
of the State, in favor of Thomas and Evans, printers and pub-
lishers, of Baltimore city, for the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars ($1,500). being the amount due them for printing the
State school report for the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-two.

Effective.

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

Approved January 31st, 1894.