630 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 366

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
245 of the Acts of 1918 be, and the same is hereby repealed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 money and their sureties, and against
corporations and individuals who may be indebted and in
arrears to the State for two years whether said claims be in the
form of judgment or otherwise, and for the purpose of clos-
ing all such cases the Comptroller is fully authorised to com-
promise 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 best to 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 further, 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 quittance 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 further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from June 1, 1920.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 366.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 99 of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Payment of Taxes
by Corporations."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 99 of Article 81 of the. Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Payment of