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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1796
Volume 105, Page 51   View pdf image (33K)
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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November, 1796.            51

was completed, the said Robert Seney also died, and the aforesaid John Brown Hackett cannot
now, under the laws of this state, complete the business; wherefore, and to prevent the unnecessary
expence of an entire new survey by the present surveyor of the county, RESOLVED, That the
said John Brown Hackett be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to complete the said resurveys
within six months from the passage of this resolve, and to make out and sign plots and special
certificates thereof, stating the circumstances of the case, with an affidavit of the truth thereof annexed
or endorsed; and the said certificates shall be as good and effectual as if made out and signed by
the surveyor of the county; and if any amendments or corrections of the said plots or certificates
shall be necessary, such amendments or corrections shall be made by the said John Brown Hackett,
or such other person as the chancellor, or the judge of the land-office on the eastern shore, as the case
may be, shall think proper.
                                                            By order,                                        A.  VAN-HORN, clk.
    Which was read the first and second time by especial order, assented to, and sent to the house
of delegates by the clerk.
    The clerk of the house of delegates delivers to the clerk of the senate the following resolutions:

By the HOUSE of DELEGATES, December 28, 1796.
    RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby authorised and required
to pay to the adjutant-general of this state, for the time being the sum of five hundred and thirty-three
dollars and one third of a dollar, and no more, in quarterly payments, as his salary for the year 
seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, provided the said adjutant-general reside at, or keep an office at,
the seat of government.
                                                            By order,                                        W.  HARWOOD, clk.
By the HOUSE of DELEGATES, December 28, 1796.
    RESOLVED, That the agent of the state be and he is hereby authorised and directed to enter into
an agreement, in writing, with some person in Baltimore-town or county, for the cloathing, support
and maintenance, of negro Daniel, the property of the state, who is now in the family of Robert
Long, and that this general assembly will annually allow to the person with whom the agent shall
agree as aforesaid, a sum of money, not exceeding fifty dollars, for the cloathing, support and maintenance
of said negro Daniel.
                                                            By order,                                        W.  HARWOOD, clk.
Which said resolutions were severally read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
    The resolution in favour of Samuel Patterson Wallace was read the second time and dissented
from.
    The bill, entitled, An act to appoint an agent for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven,
was read the second time and will pass with the proposed amendments.
    Amendments proposed.  In the first line of the 3d page, after the word "purchase" insert
" and that no purchase authorised by his act shall be considered as made on the part of the state,
unless a public declaration to that effect be made by the said agent, or his deputy, immediately after
such sale and purchase."  In the 3d line of the 4th page strike out the words " or may be."  In the
14th line of the 5th page strike out the word "same" and insert the word "bonds."
    The bill, entitled, An additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating to public roads
in this state, and to repeal the acts of assembly therein mentioned, as far as relates to Cæcil, Talbot
and Kent counties, was read the second time and will pass with the proposed amendment.
    Amendment proposed.  In the 11th line of the 1st page, after the word "necessary" insert the
words " except in time of harvest."
    The president communicates to the senate the petition of the vestrymen of Saint-Peter's parish, in
Talbot county, praying that they may be enabled to receive a grant of certain lands for the use of 
the said parish; which was read and referred to the consideration of the next general assembly.
    The resolution in favour of Charles Mankin was read the second time by especial order and dissented
from.
    The resolutions relative to the finance of the state, and the resolution in favour of Mary Sherburn,
were severally read the second time and referred to.
    The resolution in favour of Robert Long was read the second time and assented to.
    The bill, entitled, An act to lay out and open a road from a place commonly called Bean-town
to Port-Tobacco, in Charles county, was read the second time and will not pass.
    The bill, entitled, An act respecting roads in Somerset and Worcester counties, and the bill, entitled,
An act to empower John Erskine and John Thomas, administrators of Richard Johns, to
collect the balances due to Richard Johns as sheriff and collector of Talbot county, were severally
read the second time by especial order and will pass.
    The resolution relative to the bank stock, the resolution in favour of the adjutant-general, and the
resolution relative to negro Daniel, were severally read the second time by especial order and assented 
to.
    The bill, entitled, An act to repeal the nineteenth section of the constitution, and to provide a
new mode of electing senators in case of refusal, death, resignation, disqualification, or removal out
of this state, of any senator, or on his becoming governor or member of the council, was read the
second time by especial order and will not pass.
    The bill, entitled, An act to repeal part of the act of assembly therein mentioned, was read the
second time and will not pass.
    The bill, entitled, A supplement to the act, entitled, An act for erecting a public school in Frederick
county, was read the second time by especial order and will pass.

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