656 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

collected upon the days required by law for the return of these
State School Taxes.

60. The State Comptroller shall see to the collection of all
State taxes at the rates prescribed by law on the various classes
of property, assessments against which are certified directly to
him and on which taxes are payable directly into the treasury
of the State as provided by this Article.

61. If any collector shall fail to pay into the treasury of
the State or to the County Commissioners or the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore the amount of money which may
or should be in his hands for the use of the State or the
County Commissioners or the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore at the time specified in this Article for payment,
he shall be charged interest thereon at the rate of six per
centum per annum, from the time the said money became due
and payable.

62. In all cases in which any collector of State, county
and/or city taxes shall fail to pay the amount due and pay-
able by him, at the time specified by law, to the State Treas-
urer, or other official authorized by law to receive the same,
the Comptroller or other competent authority may, in his dis-
cretion, order a suit upon his bond.

63. When the Comptroller shall order suit upon a collector's
bond he shall transmit to the Attorney-General a statement of
the account of such collector, and upon the account so trans-
mitted, signed and certified by the Comptroller, and on motion
being made on behalf of the State, judgment shall be entered
at the first term of the court in which suit may have been
brought, in the name of the State against such collector and
his sureties; provided, ten days' previous notice in writing be
delivered to such collector and his sureties or left at their place
of abode, signed by the said attorney, and it shall be the duty
of the sheriff to serve such notice, and proof of such service
shall be made to the satisfaction of the court before such judg-
ment shall be entered.

64. If such collector or his sureties shall, in person or by
attorney, demand a trial by jury of any matter in controversy
in said suit, which shall by them be pleaded, the court shall
thereupon direct a jury to be empanelled at the said term to