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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 242.

Passed
March 9, 1848.

CHAPTER 241.

A further supplement to the act entitled, an act imposing
a tax on the commissions allowed to Trustees and Re-
ceivers to aid in paying the debts of the State, passed
at December session eighteen hundred and forty-four,
chapter one hundred and eighty-seven.

Bond of trus-
tees and recei-
vers to be put
in suit for ne-
glect to pay
tax.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, on the fail-
ure of any trustee or receiver appointed by the chancel-
for under the act to which this is a supplement, to make
payment of the tax as required by said act, it shall be
the duty of the register of the high court of chancery
to give notice to the deputy attorney general of the
county or district where such trustee or receiver may
reside, who shall thereupon bring suit on the bond of
such trustee or receiver so tailing to make such pay-
ment.

CHAPTER 242.

Passed
March 9,1848.

County court
not to deny be-
nefit of insol-
vent laws be
cause of ab-
sence of the
stamps.

An act: relating to applications for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of this State, in Montgomery County.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all pending applications for the benefit of the
insolvent laws of this State, or on application hereafter
to be made for the benefit of the insolvent laws as afore-
said in this State, where the necessary stamps have not
been provided or used by the applicant as aforesaid,
either in the deed to his trustee, his bond for his personal
appearance or his trustee's bond, it shall not be ground
or cause for the county courts to dismiss the same; pro-

Proviso.

vided, the applicant or applicants as aforesaid shall pay
to the clerk of the county courts for the use of the
Treasurer of the State of Maryland, the amount of stamp
tax as is now required by the revenue laws of this State
properly chargeable for said deed, bond or bonds, or
either of them or all of them, as the case may be, before
the expiration of the term of the county courts to which
the applicant or applicants is or are bound to appear by
the condition of his bond for his personal appearance
taken in his or under his application as aforesaid, and
shall furnish the county courts with the clerk's certificate
that he has complied with the provisions of this act.