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APPENDIX.
and has presented his memorial to the general assembly of Maryland,
stating, that there is a large sum of money due him, not only
on account of the sales of the said property so as aforesaid made
by the said commissioners, but also on account of an unequal allotment
of property of the said company made to Thomas Russell,
late of Cecil county, under the authority of this state, and for certain
sums of money due him from the said company; which said
balance this legislature cannot conveniently ascertain; RESOLVED,
That William Campbell, esquire, of Annapolis, and Robert Denny,
esquire, be appointed to examine the claims stated in the memorial
of the said William Augustine Washington, and finally to adjust,
liquidate, ascertain and award, the balance which shall appear to be
due to the said William Augustine Washington for his said claim;
and if the said referrees differ in their opinion, they are hereby directed
to choose a third person, and the award of any two to be
conclusive; and the said arbitrators shall have full power and authority
to call upon the attorney-general of this state, or any other person
or persons they may have reason to believe are acquainted with
the affair in dispute, to give information touching the same; provided,
that the said William Augustine Washington shall, before
the commissioners and referrees proceed to examine and adjust the
said claim, give his bond to the state of Maryland, in the sum of
six thousand pounds current money, conditioned for the performance
of the said award on the part of the said William Augustine
Washington. |
NOV. SESS.
1791.
Claim of Wm. A.
Washington to be
adjusted, &c. |
And whereas, although this legislature cannot ascertain
the exact
balance due to the said William Augustine Washington, but as
there appears a considerable sum owing him, to which no objection
can justly be made: And whereas the legislature are desirous not
to retain, further than can be done with propriety, the money claimed
by the said William Augustine Washington, RESOLVED, That
the treasurer of the western shore be directed to be paid to the said
William Augustine Washington the sum of one thousand pounds, on
account of his said claim. |
Treasurer directed
to pay, &c. |
RESOLVED, That the governor and council of this
state be and
are hereby directed to take the bond of the said William Augustine
Washington, which is before mentioned, and to receive the award
of the said William Campbell and Robert Denny, and of the third
person so as aforesaid chosen, if necessary; and, upon the same
being lodged with the governor and council, that the treasurer of
the western shore is hereby directed to issue certificates to the said
William Augustine Washington for the amount of the sum found to
be due him by the commissioners and referrees aforesaid, with legal
interest thereon to be paid annually; which said certificates shall
be receivable for any debt due the state of Maryland, and be
charged on the same funds as the other specie certificates of this state. |
Governor and
council to take
his bond. |
No. 3.
RESOLVED, That the attorney-general be and he is
hereby requested
to inquire into the legality of the adjudication of the commissioners,
as to the lines of My Lady's Manor, under a commission to
mark and bound the said lines, lately issued out of Baltimore county
court, and if, in his opinion, the state will be injured by an acquiescence
in the said adjudication, to take the most effectual, and,
at the same time, the least expensive steps, to call in question and |
Inquiry to be
made into the legality
of adjudication
as to line
of My Lady's Manor. |
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