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APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
No. 10.
WHEREAS, the armoury at Easton is situated near
to the court-house
of Talbot county, in which are deposited the public records
of said county: And whereas, from the large quantity of gunpowder
now in said armoury, the safety of the said court-house, and
also of the town of Easton, is supposed to be greatly endangered;
therefore, |
DEC. SESS.
1818.
Passed Feb. 11, 1819. |
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be, and
they are hereby
authorised and empowered, to make sale of the powder in the
said armoury, upon such terms as they shall deem most consistent
with the public interest, and the money arising from the sale thereof
to deposit in the public treasury. |
Sale of powder in
armoury at Easton. |
No. 11.
RESOLVED, That the examiner-general shall lay before
the next
general assembly the amount of fees that he may receive in the
present year, on oath, and that the treasurer of the western shore
thereafter pay to him, or his order, such sum, in addition to said
fees, as shall amount to eight hundred dollars, for the present year. |
Passed Feb. 11, 1819.
Relative to the
Examiner General. |
No. 12.
RESOLVED, That the register of the land office for
the western
shore be and he is hereby required, under the direction of the governor
and council, carefully to transcribe the book marked B. B.
No. 3, and to make out and supply a proper Index to the book
marked D. D. No. 5, and to make out an Index to the debt books
for the eastern shore, now deposited in the land office for the western
shore, and to cause the said book marked B. B. No. 3, when
transcribed, together with the Indexes, to be bound up in a strong,
convenient, and sufficient manner; and the governor and council
are hereby authorised and requested, to allow and pay to the said
register of the land office such compensation for the service hereby
required of him as they shall think reasonable and just, out of any
unappropriated money in the treasury.
RESOLVED, That the clerk of the council be and he is
hereby directed,
to deposit in the land office for the western shore all the proprietary
debt books, with the Indexes thereto, now remaining in the
council chamber.
RESOLVED, That the said debt books shall continue and
remain
in the land office for the western shore, under the care of the register
of the land office for the time being, and copies therefrom,
under the seal of office, shall be evidence in the same manner as
copies of the rent roll now are. |
Passed Feb. 12, 1819.
Relative to the
land office. |
No. 15.
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be and they
hereby
are authorised and requested, to appoint three commissioners, residents
of Allegany county, to view and inspect the United States'
Turnpike Road, so far as it runs through Allegany county, and to
report what measures are in their opinion necessary and proper to
be adopted in order to keep the said road in repair, which report,
with any other information on the subject, the governor and council
are requested to lay before the legislature at their next session. |
Passed Feb. 17, 1819.
Relative to appointing
commissioners
to examine
part of road from
Cumberland. |
No. 16.
RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore
be and he is
hereby directed, to pay to John L. Kerr, esquire, the agent for
settling the claims of Maryland with the general government, the |
Passed Feb. 17, 1819.
In favour of J. L.
Kerr. |
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