J O H N H E N R Y, Efquire, Governor.

1797.

proper, always taking care to give at leaft twenty days public notice thereof; and
the faid agent fhall alfo have power to fufpend the labs, from time to time, as
he may think moil to the advantage of the ftate.

C H A P.
LXXXIII.

XVI. And be it enacted, That the faid agent fhall pay into the treafury, in
fpecie, the amount of all fpecie by him received in the difcharge of the duties of

this act.

And pay in
fpecie, &c.

XVII. And be it enacted, That in all cafes where bonds fhall be taken in
virtue of this act, the bonds fhall be a lien on all the real property of the

obligors from the date thereof, or on fo much of the faid real property as the go-
vernor and council fhall think fufficient, to be particularly mentioned in a fche-
dule to be annexed to the faid bond, in which cafe It fhall be a lien on the pro-
perty contained in fuch fchedule, and no more, fuch bond and fchedule to be
lodged with the treafurer of the weftern fhore.

Bonds to be a
lien.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That all bonds taken in virtue of this act fhall
exprefs the county in which the obligors refpectively refide, and the treafurer of

the weftern fhore fhall, within one month after he receives them refpectively,
caufe them, with the fchedule annexed to them, to be recorded in the office of
the clerk of the general court of the weftern fhore, at the expence of the obligors;
and a copy of the faid record, certified under the hand and official feal of the
faid clerk, fhall be as good evidence in any court of law or equity in this ftate
as the original bond would be if it was produced; and if any of the c in
any fuch bonds refide on the eaftern fhore, the faid treafurer fhall, within fix
months from the time he receives the fame refpectively, tranfmit to the clerk of
the general court of the eaftern fhore, in the fame manner as papers on public
fervice are tranfmitted, a copy of fuch bonds and fchedules, certified as aforefaid
by the clerk of the general court of the weftern fhore, to be recorded in the of-
fice of the clerk of the general court of the eaftern fhore, at the expence of the
obligors, and in fuch cafe a copy of the faid record, certified as aforefaid by the
clerk of the general court of the eaftern fhore, fhall be good evidence as aforefaid.

And to ex-
prefs the
county, &c.

XIX. And be it enacted, That the faid agent fhall render to the treafurer of
the weftern fhore diftinct quarterly accounts of his receipts of all money, certifi-
cates and bonds, in virtue of this act, and fhall immediately thereupon pay and
deliver the fame to the faid treafurer, who fhall, in his annual report to the ge-

neral affembly, ftate fully and particularly the money, certificates and bonds, by
him received from the faid agent, and the times when the fame were received and
accounted for.

Quarterly ac-
counts to be
rendered to
the treafurer,
&c.

XX. And be it enacted, That the faid agent fhall render a fair and full ac-
count of his feveral proceedings under the authority of this act to the general
affembly at their next feffion, and within the firft ten days after its commence-
ment, in which account fhall be fpecified, under diftinct heads, his own receipts,
and thofe of the treafurer, and of all transfers of ftock upon which he may be
entitled to commiffion, and in which fhall alfo be contained a particular eftimate
of his commiffions, fhewing how and upon what the fame arofe due.

XXI. And be it enacted, That the faid agent fhall be allowed for his fervices
the following commiffions, to wit: For all payments actually made to either of

the treafurers in virtue of this act, three per cent, and for all bonds with fecurity
taken by the faid agent in virtue of this act, three per cent, provided that the
whole amount of his commiffion fhall not exceed five hundred pounds current
money, and he fhall lay an account of the fame, on oath, before the next feffion
of affembly.

Commiffion
allowed.

XXII. And be it enacted, That hereafter It fhall be the duty of the agent and

the treafurers of the weftern and eaftern fhores refpectively to receive, as well the
fifteen per cent, intereft, if any fhall have accrued, as all other the arrearages
that are now or may hereafter become due from fines, forfeitures and amercia-

The fifteen
per cent. to be
received, &c.