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Dec. Ses. 1816
To dispose of
all confiscated
British pro-
perty, &c.
Payments not
to be valid
unless made to
treasurer or
agent.
In cases of in-
solvency agent
authorised to
compromise
and take back
property.
May compro-
mise suits in
chancery.
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the part of the state, unless a public declaration to that effect
be made by the agent or his deputy, immediately alter such sale,
and purchase; and any property so purchased for the use of the
state, the said agent may again expose to public auction on the
most advantageous terms, for the use of the state, and if the
same be sold on credit, which shall in no case exceed the term
of two years, the said agent shall take bond, with good and suf-
ficient security, to be approved of by the treasurer of their res-
pective shores, from the purchaser or purchasers of such pro-
perty; and all bonds so taken by the said agents, shall be
deposited, with an accurate list thereof subscribed by him,
in the treasury of the western shore, and shall be a lien upon
the real property of such purchasers, and their securities, from
the respective dates, or so much thereof as is mentioned in the
schedule thereto annexed.
6. And be it enacted, That the said agent is hereby directed to
dispose of all confiscated British property that remains unsold,
on the respective shores, and take bonds to the state, with suf-
ficient security, and give time for the payment thereof, not ex-
ceeding two years from the first day of March one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen, and that where the quantity of
land in any one body subject to such sale exceeds the quantity
of fifty acres, such land shall be disposed of at public sale, of
the time and place of such sale at least thirty days previous no-
tice shall be given by public advertisement; and that at the time
of any such sale by virtue of this act, the said agent making
such sale, shall make known that he only sells the right of this
state thereto, and that the state doth not guarantee the title to
the same, or any part thereof, but that the purchase must be in all
respects at the risk of the purchaser, and no such sales shall be,
made of any lands for the purchase of which application may
Lave been made to the governor and council.
7. And be it enacted, That no payment in future, by any officer,
or person indebted to the state, shall be valid and effectual unless
made to the treasurer of the. western or eastern shore, or to the
agents for this state, or unless made to the clerks and sheriffs of
the several counties in the cases where the said clerks and she-
riffs are by law authorised to receive the same.
8. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall have full pow-
er and authority, by and with the advice of the governor and
council, in all cases of uninstalled debts, to take back any pro-
perty heretofore purchased by any person and not yet paid for, in
cases where the person having so purchased, and his securities,
are not capable of paying for the same, and to compromise the
same upon terms and principles of equity and justice, by and
with the advice and consent aforesaid; and the said agents is here-
by required to lay a particular statement of his proceedings un-
der this section before the next session of assembly.
9. And be it enacted, That the agent with the approbation of
the governor and council, be and he is hereby authorised and em-
powered, to compromise any suit depending in chancery with
any state debtor, upon any terms in his judgment calculated to
promote the interest of the state, and to obtain the speedy receipt
of the sums due.
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