A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR, 323

CHAPTER 233.
AN ACT for the' relief of the securities of Wil- liam H. Crawford, late Collector of Howard county.	Passed Mar. 9, 1864.
WHEREAS, it appears that in the year of eighteen hundred and forty-nine the Governor of the State of Maryland did release and remit, on behalf of the sureties of William H. Crawford, Collector of State Taxes for the years eighteen hundred and forty-five and eighteen hundred and forty-six, all the interest due to the State by said Crawford, as Collector aforesaid, upon the payment of the prin- cipal and costs, and attorney's fees and commis- sions, which was done; therefore,	Preamble.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the sureties of said Crawford be and they are hereby released from the payment of all interest for or on account of said Crawford, as Collector, as aforesaid, and the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby directed to credit all sums of money heretofore paid by said securities on ac- count of said Crawford to the principal of said claim, except so much as will enable him to bal- ance the accounts of said Crawford on the books of the Treasury.	Released.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the payment of all costs, attorney's fees and commis- sions by said securities said Crawford, the Comp- troller is hereby authorized and directed to give an order to enter satisfied the suits now pending in the Circuit Court of Howard county against Said Crawford and his sureties.	Suits to be entered satis- fied.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from its passage.	In force.