No. 9.
    WHEREAS it is represented, by the petition of Jesse Jarrett, of
Harford county, that the late intendant of the revenue, in a sale of
land made to him, included a tract of land called Norfolk, containing
three hundred and seventy acres, before sold to a certain Robert
Mooberry, which land has been recovered from the said Jesse
Jarrett, after he obtained a patent for the same, by a decree of the 
court of appeals:  And whereas it is also represented, by the petition
aforesaid, that both the said Jesse Jarrett and the said Robert
Mooberry, or his assignee, have paid the state for the same, at the
rate of four shillings current money, per acre, with interest thereon,
and that the said Jesse Jarrett, by a decree of the chancellor,
founded on a decree of the court of appeals, has been compelled,
and has conveyed to David West, of Harford county, the assignee
of the said Robert Mooberry, the aforesaid tract called Norfolk,
which was comprehended within the purchase made by said Jarrett
of the intendant of the revenue, and for which land he the said
Jarrett hath paid the state at the rate of four shillings per acre,
with interest thereon; therefore, RESOLVED, That the chancellor,
on the application of the said Jesse Jarrett, be and he is hereby authorised
to examine into the truth of the above allegations, and if
in his opinion the said Jarrett is entitled to a return of the purchase
money aforesaid, or interest, or to any part thereof, and shall so
decree, then and in that case the state shall pay to him the said
purchase money, or such part thereof, with interest, if any be allowed,
as on a consideration of the opinion of the court of appeals,
and of all other circumstances, shall appear to the chancellor reasonable
and just.