NOV. SESS.
1798. |
APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
eighteenth of March, seventeen hundred and eighty, which lays in
the treasury and was never introduced into circulation. |
Records to be
compared with
original certificates. |
No. 2.
RESOLVED, That John Callahan, register of the land
office of
the western shore, be and he is hereby authorised and required to
compare the records B C and G S, No. 50, and the records B C
and G S, No. 52, with the original certificates, and to correct
them where necessary. |
In favour of Darby
McNemara. |
No. 3.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
pay to Darby
McNemara, an old infirm and disabled soldier, the annual sum
of fifty-seven dollars for and during the term of his natural life, in
lieu of three hundred and ninety-nine dollars, the principal and interest
due on three state certificates issued to him for depreciation
of his pay, which said certificates were lost; the said sum to be
paid in quarterly payments, the first payment to be made on the
tenth day of December, 1798. |
In favour of Alex.
Rigdon. |
No. 4.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he
is hereby directed to credit the account of Elijah Austin with the
sum of forty pounds two shillings and six-pence composition money,
and forty-five shillings for improvements, on a tract of land
taken up by said Austin, called Hunger and Thirst, containing one
hundred and seven acres, but the said land being within the reserves
of Wiccomico Manor, and not liable to be taken up in the
manner aforesaid, said Austin afterwards purchased it from the
late intendant, and stands charged for the same. |
Elijah Austin's
account to be credited. |
No. 5.
AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a patent issue to
Elijah
Austin, his heirs or representatives, on the tract of land aforesaid
called Hunger and Thirst. |
Patent to issue to
him. |
No. 6.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
pay unto
Alexander Rigdon, his heirs, executors, administrators, or to his
order, the sum of eleven pounds nineteen shillings and two-pence,
it being the amount of the principal and interest over paid on a
purchase from the state, as appears by the certificate of the treasurer
of the western shore. |
Relative to slaves
absconding. |
No. 7.
WHEREAS the proprietors of negroes in this state
are subjected
to great loss and inconvenience, by reason of their slaves absconding
into the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New-Jersey,
where they remain concealed and protected for a length of time by
the citizens thereof: And whereas considerable difficulties occur
to
prevent the recovery of such absconding slaves; therefore, RESOLVED,
That the governor and council be and they are hereby authorised
and requested to communicate with the supreme executives
of the states aforesaid on the subject aforesaid, and to concert with
them such measures as may be deemed effectual for preventing the
abuses aforesaid. |
In favour of John
Gallahar. |
No. 8.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
pay unto
John Gallahar, late soldier in the sixth Maryland regiment, the
sum of sixty-one pounds one shilling and five-pence, being the |
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