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Dec. Ses. 1816
To be recorded.
To render
quarterly ac-
counts to
treasurers.
To render ac-
count of his
proceedings to
general assem-
bly.
Account of
debts due the
state to be
rendered to
each branch
of legislature.
Commission.
To give bond.
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the said real property as the governor and council shall think
sufficient, to be particularly mentioned in a schedule to be annex-
ed to the said bond, in which case it shall be a lien on the pro-
perty contained in such schedule and no more, such Loud and sche-
dule to be lodged with the treasurer of the shore on which the
same shall lie taken.
17. And be it enacted, That all bonds taken in virtue of this
act, shall express the county in which the obligors respectively
reside; and the treasurers of the western and eastern shores res-
pectively shall, within one month after he receives them respec-
tively, cause them, with the schedule annexed to them, to be re-
corded in the office of the clerk of the court of appeals of the
western and eastern shores respectively, at the expense of the
obligors, and a copy of the said record, certified under the. hand
and official seal of the said clerks respectively, shall be as good
evidence in any court of law or equity in this state as the origi-
nal bond would he if it was produced.
18. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall render to the
treasurers of the respective shores, distinct quarterly accounts of
receipts of all money, certificates and bonds, in virtue of this
act, and shall immediately thereupon pay and deliver the same
to the said treasurer, who shall in his annual report to the ge-
neral assembly, state fully and particularly the money, certifi-
cates and bonds, by him received from the said agent, and the
times when the same were received and accounted for.
19. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall render a fair
, and full account of his several proceedings under this act to the
• general assembly at their next session, and within the first ten
days after its commencement, in which account shall be specified
under distinct heads, his own receipts and those of the treasurer
of each shore, and of all transfers of stock upon which he may
be entitled to commission, and in which also be contained a par-
ticular estimate of his commission, shewing how and upon what
the same become due.
20. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall, within twenty
days after the commencement of the next session of the general
assembly, render to each branch of the legislature, a fair and
distinct account of the debts or sums of money due to the state,
on the respective shores, ranging the names of the debtors in al-
phabetical order, and give full and complete information of the
manner in which, and the time when, each debt arose, and also
the different steps and proceedings which have been taken by
himself, or others, for the recovery thereof.
21. And be it enacted, That the said agent shall be allowed for
his services the following commission, to wit: For all payments
actually made to the treasurer of each shore in virtue of this
act, five per cent, and for all bonds taken by the agent in virtue
of this act. two per cent.
22. And be it enacted, That the agent, before he enters upon
the execution of the duties of this act, shall give bond to the state,
before the governor and council, in the penalty of sixty thousand
dollars, with such security as the governor and council shall ap-
prove, for the faithful performance of the said duties, which
bond shall be lodged with the treasurer of the western shore ;
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