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APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
in said town; and to have the carriages of said field-pieces repaired,
and that the expense of fitting up said room, and of such
repairs, be paid by the treasurer of the western shore, upon the order
of the persons, or a majority of them herein named. |
DEC. SESS.
1816. |
No. 67.
RESOLVED, That the resolution of November session,
eighteen
hundred and thirteen, authorising the treasurer of the western
shore to negotiate a loan not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and also the resolution of December session, eighteen
hundred and fourteen, authorising the same officer to negotiate a
loan not exceeding three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be
and he is
hereby authorised and empowered, to negotiate a loan not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars, on such terms, and at such periods, as
the governor and council shall approve, and the faith of the state is
hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal and interest thereof. |
Passed Feb. 5, 1817.
Relative to deficiency
of state
funds.
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No. 68.
WHEREAS, the encouragement given to negroes running
away
from their owners in this state, and the harbouring the same by
sundry citizens of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and state
of Delaware, has become a serious inconvenience to the owners of
slaves; therefore, |
Passed Feb. 5, 1817. |
BE IT RESOLVED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the
encouragement given to, and the harbouring and employing of, runaway
negroes from this state, by sundry citizens of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, and state of Delaware, has increased to
such a degree, and the inconvenience arising therefrom to the good
people of this state has become so great, as to make longer silence
on this subject on the part of the general assembly of Maryland
improper.
RESOLVED, That the governor be authorised and required
to
transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to the executive of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the executive of the state of
Delaware, with a request that they will lay the same before their
respective legislatures, in order that they may interpose their authority,
and make such provisions to prevent the evil this complained
of, as their wisdom and justice shall dictate. |
Relative to runaway
negroes. |
No. 68.
RESOLVED, That the executive be and they are hereby
directed,
to forward to the clerks of the several counties in this state, three
copies of chancellor Kilty's compilation of the British Statutes,
for the use of the said counties.
RESOLVED, That George Shaw be and he is hereby authorised
and empowered, to make sale of the remaining number of volumes
of Chancellor Kilty's compilation of the British Statutes, together
with the copy right belonging to the state of Maryland; and the
said George Shaw, before he proceeds to make sale of any of the
said books, give bond for the faithful performance of is duty, to
the state of Maryland, with security to be approved of by the governor
and council, which bond shall be lodged in the treasury of
the western shore; and the said George Shaw shall, after his having
given the said bond, proceed to dispose of the said books, either by
wholesale or retail, for such sum or sums as may be obtained for |
Passed Feb. 5, 1817.
Relative to Kilty's
British Statutes. |
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