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1783.                                 LAWS of MARYLAND.

                                            CHAP. XXVII.
An ACT to repeal the act, entitled, An act empowering the trustees to rent the
                                poor-house of Frederick county.

                                            CHAP. XXVIII.
An additional supplement to the act to settle and adjust the accounts
    of the troops of this state in the service of the United
    States, and for other purposes.
Preamble.     WHEREAS, by the resolve of congress of the tenth of April, seventeen
hundred and eighty, it is declared, that so soon as proper documents
can be obtained, congress will cause to be made good to all officers
and soldiers, then in service, the depreciation of their pay:  And whereas, by the
act to settle and adjust the accounts of the troops of this state in the service of
the United States, and for other purposes, passed October session, seventeen hundred
and eighty, all officers and soldiers that had left the service before the passing
of the said act were not provided for:  Therefore,
Officers who
served two
years to have
their depreciation,
&c.
    II.  Be it enacted, by the general assembly of Maryland, That all officers of
the quota of the troops of this state, who were in the service of the United
States, who had served two years, and who resigned prior to the passing the
aforesaid act, shall have the depreciation of their pay for the time they were in
service made good to them, in the same manner as the aforesaid act directs the
depreciation to be made good to those who were in service at the time of passing
the same; and where any such officer has been killed in the aforesaid service, or
has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be made good to his legal representatives,
in the same manner as it would be to him if living.
Soldiers discharged
to 
have their depreciation,
&c.
    III.  And be it enacted, That all soldiers of the quota of the troops of this
state, enlisted for three years, who were in the service of the United States, and
whose time of enlistment expired, and all those who from sickness, bodily infirmity,
or having been wounded in the service, were discharged before the passing
the aforesaid act, shall have the depreciation of their pay for the time they were
in service made good to them, in the same manner as the aforesaid act directs the
depreciation to be made good to those who were in service at the time of passing
the same; and where any such soldier has been killed in the aforesaid service, or
has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be made good to his legal representatives,
in the same manner as it would be to him if living.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Officers, inhabitants,
to
have depreciation,
&c.

    IV.  And, whereas by the resolution of congress of the thirty-first of December,
seventeen hundred and eighty-one, it is recommended to the several states
respectively, to settle the depreciation of the pay of all the officers that are inhabitants
of their respective states, and shall retire from service under the preceding
resolutions, (alluding to resolution of the same day) in the same manner as they
settled with the officers of the line of their state, and charge the same to the
United States:  Therefore, Be it enacted, That all officers, inhabitants of this
state, who did belong to the continental army, and who are within the description
of the resolutions of congress of the thirty-first of December, seventeen hundred and
eighty-one, shall have the depreciation of their pay pay for the time they were in
service made good to them, in the same manner as the act to settle and adjust the
account of the troops of this state in the service of the United States, and for
other purposes, directs the depreciation to be made good to those who were in
service at the time of passing the same; and where any such officer has been
killed in the service, or has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be made good
to his legal representatives, in the same manner as it would be to him if living;
and the auditor-general is hereby directed to charge the amount of all certificates
issued in virtue of this act to the United States.
                                            CHAP. XXIX.
        An ACT to relieve certain purchasers of confiscated property.  PR.


 
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