LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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tern shores respectively, to proceed forthwith to the adjustment
and final settlement of all accounts for debts now due to the state,
and to aid and assist the attorney general or his deputies in bring-
ing the same to a speedy termination.

Dec. Ses. 1824

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the agents
for the eastern and western shores respectively, to visit every
county on their respective shores, regularly twice a year, commen-
cing on the first day of May and the first day of November in each
and every year, and proceeding without delay through the several
counties, for the purpose of calling upon the county clerks, sheriffs,
collectors and other officers to settle their several and respective
accounts.

Visit and set-
tlement half
yearly.

3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said agents
upon settlement of any account, to transmit immediately a state-
ment of the same to the treasurer of the eastern or western shore,
as the case may be, specifying for what particular species of reve-
nue the same has become due, which statement shall be certified
and signed by the agent, as well as by the person from whom the
account is due, and such person shall be charged with the amount
of the same on the treasury books.

Return state-
ments.

4. And be it enacted, That if any county clerk or sheriff collec-
tor, or other officer shall refuse or neglect to settle his account with
the state agent when called upon as aforesaid, the said agent
shall forthwith cause the bond of such county clerk, sheriff, col-
lector, or other officer, to be put in suit, on which a judgment
shall be had at the first term, and such clerk, sheriff, collector, or
other officer, shall for such refusal or neglect, also forfeit any com-
mission or commissions to which he would otherwise be entitled.

Penalty for
neglecting to
settle.

5. And be it enacted, That the said agents shall in settling the
accounts of sheriffs, have power to allow for insolvencies, and to
give credit for the amount of any fines or forfeitures that may have
been remitted by the executive, or for any money with which
the sheriff or other person is not chargeable by law.

Allow for in-
solvencies,
&c.

6. And be it enacted, That whenever a county clerk, sheriff,
collector, or other officer, shall fail to make payment into the trea-
sury within three months after the time limited by law, the trea-
surer of the eastern or western shores, as the case may be, shall
immediately transmit to the state agent of the eastern or western
shore, as the case may be, a statement of the account of such debt-
or and such agent shall immediately proceed against such debtor
and his securities; and upon the account previously settled and
signed by such agent and such being filed in the county clerks
office where such debtor resides, signed and certified by the
treasurer, and countersigned by the agent, and upon motion being
made on behalf of the state, judgment shall be immediately en-
tered at the first term of the court in which the suit may have
been brought, in the name of the state against such debtor and his
securities, and execution shall issue thereon as upon all cases of
judgments had in such courts, and the execution if against a
sheriff may be put into the hands of the coroner of the county,
or into the hands of the sheriff of any adjoining county,

Proceed a-
gainst offi-
cers neglect-
ing to pay o-
over.

ty, as the agent may direct; Provided, that ten days previous no-
tice in writing of such intended motion be delivered to such debt-

Proviso.