RESOLUTIONS

PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF MARYLAND,

At an Extra Session held in May, 1813.

No. 1.	MAY SESS.
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be, and they are hereby requested, forthwith, to send a deputation to Washington, for the pur- pose of ascertaining what turther protection will be afforded by the gen- eral government against the incursions of the common enemy, and also what provision may be expected to liquidate the necessary expenditures which have been or may be incurred in providing against their aggres- sions. No. 2.	1813. Passed May 20, 1813.
WHEREAS, It appears from the communication of the treasurer of the Western Shore, that William Marbury, late agent of the State of Mary- land, has not complied with the resolution of November session eighteen hundred and twelve, directing the said William Marbury to transfer to Benjamin Harwood, trustee, all the old six per cent, and deferred, and three per cent stocks now standing in his name, belonging to the state: Therefore, RESOLVED, That Benjamin Harwood, trustee and treasurer of the state of Maryland, be, and he is hereby authorised again to call upon the said William Marbury to comply with the said resolution, and upon his omitting to do so, then he is hereby directed to take such steps, forthwith, as the attorney general of the state of Maryland may advise, to compel said William Marbury to transfer to him, the said treasurer and trustee, all the stock standing in his name the property of the state of Maryland. No.3.	Passed May26, 1813.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the Western Shore be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to pay to Hezekiah Carr, late a drum- mer in the Maryland line, or to his order, a sum of money, in quarterly payments, equal to the half pay of a drummer during his life. No. 4.	Passed May 27, 1813.
RESOLVED, That a sum not exceeding one hundred and eighty thou- sand dollars be appropriated for the purchase of arms, ordnance and mil- itary stores, under the direction of the governor and council, and to be paid to the order of the governor, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury of the Western Shore.	Passed May 29, 1813.