and William Smith the sum of twelve hundred and thirteen pounds nineteen shillings and eleven-pence
halfpenny, with interest on the sum of six hundred and forty-two pounds seventeen shillings
and four-pence from the first of September, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, and the said resolution
authorised a payment of such bonds in final settlement certificates bearing an interest only
from the said first day of January, and it is reasonable that the surplus interest shall be allowed to
them; therefore, RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby directed
to pay the amount of such surplus interest, in indents, to all debtors who have discharged their bonds
in virtue of the said resolution, or to their legal representatives.

    WHEREAS sundry debtors, in virtue of a resolution assented to at April session, seventeen hundred
and eighty-seven, discharged their bonds in final settlement certificates, which had an interest
due thereon previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, and the said resolution
authorised a payment of such bonds in final settlement certificates bearing an interest only
from the said first day of January, and it is reasonable that the surplus interest should be allowed to
them; therefore, RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby directed
to pay the amount of such surplus interest, in indents, to all debtors who have discharged their bonds
in virtue of the said resolution, or to their legal representatives.

    RESOLVED, That the auditor be and he is hereby authorised and directed to settle with, and grant
a certificate or certificates for depreciation of pay unto, John Lanham, late a soldier in the first Maryland
regiment, on the same terms and in the same manner that depreciation of pay hath been heretofore
granted to officers and soldiers of the Maryland line.

    RESOLVED, That the governor and council be authorised and empowered to contract with the
clerk of the general court of the western shore to transcribe such of the records and dockets of the
said court as are defaced, to complete the said records from the year 1765 to the time of the appointment
of Mr. Hodgkin, and to make the necessary alphabets where there are none, and also a general
alphabet, to separate and sort all the papers of the office, up to the time aforesaid, and arrange them
in proper bundles, in alphabetical order, and to have all the said records well bound with good strong
lines, and well secured in cases, and also for the binding of the said records where necessary; and
that the governor and council pay the said clerk, and defray all expences which may accrue in the
work, by draughts on the treasury, to be paid out of any monies unappropriated.

    RESOLVED, That the governor and council be and they are hereby authorised and empowered
to contract with the register of the land-office for the transcribing such of the records and alphabets
of the said office as are defaced, and for the binding of the record books where necessary, and that
the record books be covered with good strong linen if necessary; that the governor and council contract
with the register of wills for Anne-Arundel county to transcribe such of the records and alphabets
of the prerogative office as are defaced, to continue and complete the general alphabet, to complete
the records of the said office, and for binding the record books where necessary, that the record
books be covered with good strong linen, and that the records and papers be secured in cases; that
the governor and council contract with the register in chancery for completing the records of said
office, that the record books by covered with good strong linen if necessary; and that they defray the
expence of the aforesaid contract, by draughts on the treasury, out of any unappropriated money.

    RESOLVED, That all money which shall be paid into the treasury of the western shore under
the directions of William Campbell, agent for the state, during the year seventeen hundred and
ninety-one, shall be and is hereby appropriated, in the first place, to the payment of the civil list for
the said year.

    RESOLVED, That the auditor-general be and he is hereby empowered to adjust and settle, subject
to the direction of the governor and council, all open and unsettled accounts between the state
and individuals, and in making the said settlements the auditor and the governor and council may
proceed upon equitable principles, and receive such vouchers as may be satisfactory to them, although
not strictly legal; that all accounts examined and passed by the auditor shall be signed by him, and
the said accounts shall be carried to the governor and council, or to the council in the absence of the
governor, for their approbation, who, if they approve, may order the treasurer of the western shore
to issue a certificate for the amount of the balance, who shall issue accordingly, and the persons in
whose favour the the said orders shall be drawn, shall respectively give a receipt upon the accounts, which
shall be carried without delay to the auditor, that the time may be entered in his books; and that in
case the said auditor refuse to act, die, resign, or remove out of the state, in the recess of the house
of delegates, the governor and council may appoint a proper person to such vacant office, to hold the
same until the next meeting of the house of delegates.
    RESOLVED, That the governor and council be and they are hereby empowered to employ an agent
to superintend the collection of all balances due to the state upon open account, and allow him such
compensation for his services as they may think proper, not exceeding five per cent. on the amount
of all money paid into the treasury under his agency.
    RESOLVED ALSO, That the said auditor and agent keep distinct accounts of their proceedings under
the foregoing resolutions, and lay the same before the next general assembly for their inspection
and examination.

    RESOLVED, That Christopher Richmond be and he is appointed a commissioner for this state,
to superintend the settlement of the accounts of this state with the United States; and that the said
Christopher Richmond shall be allowed, for his and a clerk's services, during the time he shall be
employed in his agency, at the rate of six hundred pounds current money per annum.

    WHEREAS by a resolution passed at May session, 1788, the treasurer of the eastern shore was
directed to pay to Mary Wiley, or her order, the sum of one hundred and five pounds current money,
with legal interest thereon from 15th June, 1785; which hath not been paid, because the said treasurer
hath had no unappropriated money in his hands; therefore, RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the
western shore pay to the said Mary Wiley, or her assigns or legal representatives, the said sum of one