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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November, 1796.
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hath paid away the sum of £. 22 3 9, for which payment have been
produced to your committee the
necessary voucher and receipt, and that there still remains in the treasury
the sum of £. 3300 4 4.
It also appears to your committee, that William Marbury,
Esquire, agent, has, in virtue of an act
entitled, An act to appoint an agent for the year one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-six, taken
bonds to the amount of £. 9099 4 11, which said bonds are deposited
in the treasury-office, and that
the said agent has transferred to the trustee the sum of 62424 dollars
91 cents 6 per cent. stock.
Your committee beg leave further to report, that it
appears by an act, entitled, An act to establish
funds to secure the payment of the state debt within six years, and for
the punctual payment of the
annual interest thereon, passed November session, 1784, certain funds were
pledged for the redemption
of the emissions of June, 1780, which were finally to be redeemed in the
year 1790; that by
an act, entitled, An act respecting the debtors and creditors of this state,
passed November session,
1789, the whole funds of the state were consolidated and made payable in
specie, or certificates
issued by this state, by which means the said emissions have not been redeemed;
and it appearing to
your committee, that the faith of the state is pledged for the redemption
of said emissions, and it also
appearing to your committee, that there still remains of those emissions
in circulation the sum of
£. 13756 0 0 principal and interest, they are of an opinion the legislature
ought to provide funds
adequate for the redemption thereof, with the accruing interest thereon.
The committee further report, that under an act of the
legislature, passed November session, 1785,
vesting certain powers in teh governor and council, a loan of specie was
procured, bearing an interest
of eight per centum per annum, to the amount of £. 2468 2 0; that
there appears still due
of the principal of the said debt the sum of £. 2167 0 0. Your
committee suggest the propriety of
passing a law, limitting the time for the redemption of the said debt,
and providing funds competent
to carry the same into effect.
All which is submitted to the honourable house.
By order,
Z. HUGHES, clk.
Which was read.
ORDERED, That the printer to the state strike one hundred
copies of the said report for the use
of the general assembly.
Mr. Brother appeared in the house.
The house adjourns till Monday morning 9 o'clock.
M O N D
A Y, November 21, 1796.
THE house met. Present the same members as
on Saturday. The proceedings of Saturday
were read. Mr. Richard Handy, a delegate returned for Somerset county,
appeared, and
after qualifying in the mode prescribed by the constitution and form of
government, and taking the
oath to support of the constitution if the United States, took his seat
in the house.
A petition from Robert Key, of Prince-George's county,
praying an act of insolvency, was
preferred, read, and referred to the committee appointed on petitions of
a similar nature.
Mr. Speaker laid before the house a letter of resignation
from Robert Smith, Esquire, a delegate
for Baltimore-town; which was read the first and second time and accepted,
and whereupon the
speaker issued his warrant of election accordingly.
The report on the petition of Conrod Whiteman, was read
the second time, and the question put,
That the house concur with the resolution therein contained? The
yeas and nays being required,
appeared as follow:
A F F I
R M A T
I V E.
Messieurs
Neale,
Spencer,
Ridout,
Brome, |
Chapman,
Digges,
Sherwood,
Harwood, |
Jones,
Miller,
Wallace,
Savin, |
Brown,
Butcher,
C. Frazier,
Wilson, |
Prall,
Young,
Cellar,
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McClain,
Douglass,
Tomlinson. |
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N E G A
T I V E.
W. Thomas,
Hopewell,
Buchanan,
Sprigg,
Bourne, |
Johnson,
Lamdin,
Wilkins,
Goldsborough,
Pattison, |
Campbell,
Hollingsworth,
Duckett,
Calvert, |
Baker,
Quynn,
Key,
Whittington, |
Robins,
Handy,
Shriver,
Jarrett, |
Bennett,
McMechen,
Reintzel,
Oneale. |
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
A petition from Abraham James, of Baltimore county,
praying an act of insolvency, was preferred,
read, and referred to the committee appointed on petitions of a similar
nature.
On motion, ORDERED, That Mr. Wilson be added to the
committee to bring in a supplement
to the act to regulate and discipline the militia of this state.
On motion, ORDERED, That Mr. Worthington be added to
the committee on the memorial of
the committee of health in Baltimore-town, and the counter petitions thereto.
On motion, ORDERED, That Mr. Douglass be added to the
committee on the petition of Henry
Stevenson.
Mr. Brother, from teh committee, brings in and delivers
to Mr. Speaker the following report:
THE committee to whom was referred the petition of Daniel
Bussard, of Frederick county,
report, that they have taken the same under consideration, and are of opinion
that the
prayer of the said petition ought to be granted, and beg leave to recommend
the following resolution:
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