1829.
LAWS
OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 90.
Passed Feb. 16, 1830.
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CHAPTER 90.
An act to provide for the collection of
the Public Revenue.
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Authority to appoint
attorneys.
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Section 1. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, on
the application of the Treasurer of either shore, to appoint a
suitable Attorney at Law, in any county wherein he has no resident
deputy, to conduct on behalf of the state, any suit or
suits now pending, or which may hereafter be directed by
such treasurer, as hereinafter provided.
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Treasurer required
to direct suits.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the
Treasurers for their respective shores, to cause to be put in suit
by the said Deputy, or such other Attorney as may be employed
as aforesaid, any pecuniary right or credit of the State,
which the debtor, or debtors, shall have withheld three months
or more.
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Court required to
render judgment.
Trial of facts.
having clause.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted,
That when the account of any
debtor, stated and signed by the Treasurer, shall have been
filed in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such
debtor resides, and ten days notice in writing, of the intended
motion, signed on behalf of the State, by the Deputy of the
Attorney General, or such attorney as may be employed as
aforesaid, shall have been delivered to such debtor, or left at
his place of abode, and proof thereof shall be made to the
satisfaction of the court, it shall be the duty of the court, the
first term, upon motion on behalf of the State, immediately to
enter judgment in the name of the State, against such debtor;
and execution shall thereupon issue as on other judgments had
in such courts, Provided, that if such debtor shall in person or
by Attorney, desire a trial by Jury of any fact, or facts, material
and specified, the court shall grant it during said term,
and after verdict give judgment and execution as aforesaid;
And provided further, that nothing herein shall be held to impair
any other remedy, suit or action, which the State might
have used, or may prosecute for the recovery of her rights
and credits.
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Duty of attornies
to advise the treasurer.
Proviso.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the
Deputy of the Attorney General, or such Attorney as may be
employed as aforesaid to aid the Treasurer of his shore in the
adjustment of the accounts of the revenue officers of his
county, and to advise him when required, of such allowances
as he ought or ought not to make the accountant, for insolvency
or non-residents; and that for such service and for his
professional services in the collection of the revenue, the
Treasurers respectively, be authorised to allow and pay to
such Deputy or other Attorney, a commission not exceeding
five per centum, of all monies now or hereafter to be sued
for, which shall be paid into the Treasury; Provided, that the
right of such Deputy or other Attorney to such compensation
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