NOV. SESS.
1792. |
APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
case there should not be a sufficiency of deferred stock in the trustee's
hands to pay the said sum of l61,525, that then the trustee
transfer to the said Jacob and Nicholas Vanstaphorst as much of
the three per cent. stock as will make up the deficiency, in full discharge
of the loan made to this state the 31st of August, 1782, on
a notarial certificate being produced to him, that the original bond
of Matthew Ridley, agent of this state, has been cancelled. |
Treasurer to pay
S. Sterett l150. |
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
pay to Samuel
Sterett, agent of Messieurs Vanstaphorst, the sum of l150, on
the order of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, Esquire, one of the
commissioners of the state, which is to be in full discharge of all
claims and demands for interest on the aforesaid loan. |
Action of trespass
and ejectment to
be instituted
against heirs of
Col. Ryder. |
No. 8.
RESOLVED, That the attorney-general be and he is
hereby directed
to institute an action of trespass and ejectment against the
heirs of Colonel Ryder, who are in possession of part of lot No. 3
of the Nanticoke Indian lands purchased by John Eccleston, and
prosecute the same at the expense of the state, in case he shall
think the title of the state maintainable; and also to direct a stay
of execution of the judgment obtained against the said John Eccleston,
until the title aforesaid is determined. |
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Proclamation of
governor relative
to fever in Philadelphia,
approved. |
NOVEMBER SESSION, 1793.
No. 1.
RESOLVED, That the proclamation lately issued by
the governor,
during the existence of a malignant contagious fever in the city
of Philadelphia, be and is hereby approved, as being the result of
a prudent and watchful attention to the safety of the people of this
state, and not only justified by circumstances, but indispensably
requisite for protecting our citizens from a dreadful calamity, with
which they were threatened. |
Sense of the assembly
as to the
true interest of the
country, &c. |
No. 2.
RESOLVED, That it is the decided sense of this general
assembly,
that the true interests of this country will be best promoted by observing
an impartial neutrality in the present war among the powers
of Europe, consistent with the existing treaties of the United
States; that the proclamation of the president of the United States
of the twenty-second of April last, was wisely calculated to preserve
this neutrality, and that the interference of any foreign power with
the internal politics and government of this country, is unjustifiable
and dangerous. |
No execution to
issue on judgment
obtained against
P. Hamilton, and
others, &c. |
No. 3.
RESOLVED, That no execution shall issue on the judgment
obtained
by the state of Maryland against Patrick Hamilton, Basil
Williams, and John Crookshanks, any or either of them, until the
first day of October seventeen hundred and ninety-four; provided
that the said Basil Williams, on or before the first day of March
next, by writing under hand and seal, authorise and empower the
state agent, immediately thereafter, to sell and dispose of three hundred
and fifteen acres of land in Cecil county, called Lum's Lot
and Stoney Range, for the use and benefit of this state, to be sold for
cash or credit, at the election of the agent, so as best to secure and |
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