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ARTICLE XIX.

COMPTROLLER.

CHAPTER 445.

AN ACT to repeal Section 37 of Article 19 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Comptroller," as amended by Chapter
351 of the Act of 1906, and to re-enact the same with amend-
ments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 37 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, title "Comptroller," as amended by Chapter 351 of
the Act of 1906, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-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
and settle the claims of the State against all collectors, sheriffs,
clerks of courts, registers of wills and other Collectors or
receivers of public moneys and their sureties, and against
corporations and individuals who may be indebted to the State
in all cases where said claims accrued prior to and including
the year 1908, and whether said claims be in the form of judg-
ment 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 portion
thereof, or any part of the principal debt, in his discretion, so
as to best subserve the interest of the State, and shall grant
discharge to said parties and their sureties upon the payment
into the Treasury of the amount required by him to be paid in
settlement as aforesaid; the Comptroller shall be satisfied,
after thorough examination into the claims, that the same
could not be collected by the State by legal process; and fur-
ther, that the Governor and Treasurer for the time being shall
each approve in writing any such abatement before the same
shall be effected; and provided further, that no discharge of
acquittance under this section shall be effective unless the
party or parties to be benefited shall first pay the attorneys
who shall have the case in hand the legal fees and fees of
clerks and sheriffs.

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

Approved April 11, 1910.