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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1824

or or securities against whom it may be intended so to proceed, or
left at their place of abode, signed by the treasurer of either shore,
where the proceedings are had, or by the attorney general or deputy
on behalf of the state, and proof of such notice be made to the
satisfaction of the court to which such application is preferred;

Provided.

And provided also, if such debtor or security shall in person or by
attorney, desire a trial by jury of any of the matters aforesaid,
which shall be by them specified and desired; the court shall there-
upon direct a jury to be empannelled at the same term to try and
determine between the state, and such debtor or securities, the
truth of the matters so specified and desired.

Agents re-
port to the

legislature.

7. And be it enacted, That the agents shall at the commence-
ment of every session of the general assembly, make a full report to
each branch of the legislature, of all their proceedings under this
act, and give a fair and distinct statement of the public accounts,
and with whom adjusted, and of the balances, and by whom due
to the state, and also the different steps and proceedings which
have been taken for the recovery thereof.

Compensa-
tion to state
agents.

8. And be it enacted, That the said agents shall receive as a com-
pensation for their services and travelling expenses as follows, vizi
the agent for the western shore, six hundred dollars; the agent of
the eastern shore, three hundred and fifty dollars, payable quarterly
by the treasurers of their respective shores; and further, whene-
ver it shall become necessary for them to proceed against default-
ers, they shall in such cases be entitled to receive the amount of
commission which such defaulters may have forfeited, to be paid
when the money is received into the treasury, and with regard to
the old state debts due previous to the year eighteen hundred and
twenty two, they shall be entitled to receive the commission on the
recovery of such debts provided by the act of December session,
eighteen hundred and twenty one, chapter one hundred and ninety,
entitled, An act authorising the appointment of an agent.

Payments to
whom made.

9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued to authorise the state agent or agents to collect any of
the debts due to the state, other than those becoming due previous
to the year eighteen hundred and twenty two; but the debts be-
coming due since that period shall be paid to the treasurers of the
western and eastern shores only, or at such banks as may hereafter
be prescribed by law.

Further pro-
ceedings.

10. And be it enacted, That the like proceedings as are directed
by the sixth section of this act, may be had and shall, in like
manner, avail for the recovery of the public money, payable to
the state in pursuance to the acts of assembly for raising reve-
nue for the state, passed at the sessions of eighteen hundred and
twenty one, chapter one hundred and ninety two; eighteen hundred
and twenty two, chapter one hundred and thirty nine; and eighteen
hundred and twenty three, chapter one hundred and fifty, which
remain in arrear and unpaid by the collectors under the said se-
veral acts; and that nothing herein contained shall be held to im-
pair any other remedy, suit or action, which this state may have
been entitled to use or prosecute for the recovering of any part
of the public revenue aforesaid, but any such other remedy, suit
or action, may be used or proceeded upon for the purposes aforesaid.