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APPENDIX.
delivery; RESOLVED, That the intendant of the revenue be required
and directed, to adjust and settle the same with the said Garretson,
and in case of diversity of sentiment, that the same be referred to
three disinterested persons, to be nominated by the said intendant
and Garretson, who, upon hearing all the circumstances on oath,
shall settle and adjust the same. |
NOV. SESS.
1784.
Intendant to settle
with Job Garretson,
&c. |
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NOVEMBER SESSION, 1785.
No. 1.
On reading and considering the report from the commissioners
of this state, appointed to meet the commissioners for the commonwealth
of Virginia, to regulate and settle the jurisdiction and
navigation of Potomac and Pocomoke rivers, and that part of
Chesapeake bay which lieth within the territory of Virginia, the
house came to the following resolutions to wit:
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
this state
should concur with the commonwealth of Virginia in making a
joint application to Congress for their consent to form a compact
for the purpose of affording, in due time, and in just proportion,
between the two states, naval protection to such part of Chesapeake
bay and Potomac river, which may at any time hereafter be
left unprovided for by congress, and that such compact, when made,
be laid before congress for their approbation; and that such compact,
if approved, should continue until mutually dissolved by the
two states, or until congress shall declare that such compact ought
no longer to exist.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
if the general
assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia concur in making
such application to congress, the delegates from this state to congress
be authorised and requested, to make such application on behalf
of this state, in conjunction with the delegates from the commonwealth
of Virginia, to congress, or with such other persons as
the legislature of Virginia shall appoint for that purpose.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
foreign gold
and silver coin received in the two states as the current money
thereof, should pass in the two governments at the same value,
according to its fineness and weight; and that if the species of coin
could be regulated at the same nominal value, it would be of great
convenience to the commerce between the citizens of the two states.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
the damages
on foreign bills of exchange protested, ought to be the same in both
states, and that foreign protested bills of exchange should be considered,
in all cases, and to all purposes, as of equal rank with
debts upon contract, in writing, signed by the party.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
draughts
by the merchants of either state upon those of the other, in the
nature of inland bills of exchange, should be subject by law to official
protest by a notary public, and that the damages for non payment
should be the same in both states.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this house, that
it is essential
to the commerce and revenue of the commonwealth of Virginia,
and of this state, that duties on imports or exports, if laid, should |
Relative to regulating
and settling
jurisdiction, &c.
of Potomac, &c. |
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