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APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
No. 48.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he
is hereby authorised to negotiate a loan, on such terms and at
such periods as the governor and council shall approve, not exceeding
the sums of fifty thousand dollars, and the state is hereby
pledged for the repayment of the principal and interest thereof. |
DEC. SESS.
1817.
Passed Feb. 13, 1818.
For negotiating a
loan. |
No. 49.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the eastern shore
be credited
in his account with the treasurer of the western shore for the sum
of one thousand and two dollars, which said sum is composed of
the notes of the " Somerset Bank," received by the treasurer of
the eastern shore during the last year, in virtue of a resolution
No. 5, of December session eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the
instruction of the treasurer of the western shore made in pursuance
thereof. |
Passed Feb. 14, 1818.
Relative to treasurer
E. S. |
No. 50.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he
is hereby directed, to pay unto Henry King, or order, annually,
in quarterly payments, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a
commissary. |
Passed Feb. 13, 1818.
In favour of Henry
King. |
No. 51.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he
is hereby authorised and directed, to pay to John Anderson, or to
his order, a sum of money, annually, in quarterly payments, equal
to the half pay of a private, as a further remuneration for his revolutionary
services. |
Passed Feb. 13, 1818.
— of John Anderson. |
No. 52.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he
is hereby directed, to pay to Eleanor Lynn, the widow of John
Lynn, late a lieutenant in the revolutionary war, or her order, during
life, annually in quarterly payments, a sum of money equal
to the half pay of a lieutenant. |
Passed Feb. 13, 1818.
— of Eleanor Lynn. |
No. 53.
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be and they
are hereby
requested, to inquire into the probable expense that would be
requisite to carry into effect the method proposed by the Reverend
Neale H. Shaw, in his address to the legislature, for ascertaining
the regular variation of the magnetic needle, including the erection
of necessary structures, the purchase of instruments, and the
annual salary of a person competent to make the observations, and
also to select the place which in their opinion would be the most
proper for the object contemplated, and report thereon to the next
general assembly. |
Passed Feb. 14, 1818.
Relative to the
magnetic needle. |
No. 54.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of this state for the
western
shore be and he is hereby authorised, to sell and dispose of, under
the direction of the governor and council, the right of subscribing
for the unsubscribed shares reserved to this state in the stock of
the Union Bank of Maryland, and the Marine Bank of Baltimore,
at such times and in such parcels as shall appear most beneficial
and proper, provided that no such sale be made at less than
ten per centum advance on the original subscription price per
share. |
Passed Feb. 14, 1818.
Certain stock authorised
to be sold. |
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