Persons not taking the oath of allegiance by a limited
time, subjected to a treble tax, and incurring certain disabilities.
October, 1777, ch. 20.
    Nonjurors to be disarmed.  March, 1778, ch. 8.
    Provisions made for discovering who are nonjurors
under the act of October, 1777, ch. 20.  March, 1778,
ch. 15.
    Treble tax suspended.  July, 1779, ch. 14, November,
1779, ch. 1, June, 1780, ch. 15.
    Treble tax for the ensuing year suspended, nonjurors
enabled to sue, merchandise and practice physic; and, if
quakers, menonists or dunkers, to preach.  November, 
1781, ch. 17.
    Nonjurors relieved on finding certain necessaries for
the army.  June, 1780, ch. 25, 27.
    Persons returning into the state, and not taking the
oath within a month, declared nonjurors.  May, 1781,
ch. 27.
    Nonjurors delivered for ever from the treble tax.  November,
1782, ch. 13.
    N. B. Particular persons have been relieved on petition
by a great variety of acts not inserted in this collection.
These are the acts of June, 1778, ch. 9, October,
1778, ch. 24, July, 1779, ch. 21, November, 1779,
ch. 37, March, 1780, ch. 17 and 26, June, 1780, ch.
18, October, 1780, ch. 24, May, 1781, ch. 24, April,
1782, ch. 15.
                                                O

                                            OATH.

    THE manner of administering an oath to be conformable
to the religious persuasion of the party.
Decl. 36.
    The oath not to take illegal fees prescribed to all officers.
Const, 52.
    The oath of fidelity and support to be taken on administration
to office.  Const. 55.
    The oath of allegiance.  February, 1777, ch. 20,
sec. 13.
                                    OFFICE, OFFICER.

    No person shall hold more than one office, and no officer,
without consent of the state, shall receive a present
from any other government.  Decl. 32.
    No office to be held by any member of the public
council.  Const. 37.
    Residence required for holding county offices.  Const.
46.
    Officers to be appointed by the executive.  Const. 48, 49.
    All the constitutional officers to take an oath against
illegal fees.  Const. 52.
    How punishable if they break this oath.  Const. 53.
    To take an oath, subscribe and make a declaration of 
belief in the christian religion.  Const. 54.
    Several commissions, and oaths of office.  February,
1777, ch. 5.
    To take an oath of allegiance.  February, 1777, ch.
20, sec. 13.
    Nonjurors excluded from office.  October, 1777, ch.
20, sec. 17.
    Officers fees regulated.  November, 1779, ch. 25.

                                ORDINARY-KEEPERS.

    Licensed and regulated.  March, 1780, ch. 24.

                                        ORPHANS.

    The act of 1758, ch. 4, continued for seven years by
October, 1780, ch. 12.  November, 1765, ch. 22.
    Orphans courts established.  February, 1777, ch. 8.
    A supplement to that act.  October, 1777, ch. 9.
    Orphans courts in some cases may direct a sale.  November,
1779, ch. 24.
                            OYER and TERMINER.

    A power of issuing commissions during the war.  February, 
1777, ch. 16.
    Another temporary act.  November, 1783, ch. 10.

                                PAPER MONEY.

    A TIME limited for sinking the paper money then
current.  November, 1765, ch. 38.
    An emission ordered.  November, 1766, ch. 26.
    Another emission.  1769, ch. 14.
    To counterfeit the paper money of other colonies a
capital offence.  June, 1773, ch. 5.
    The paper money office ordered to be repaired.  November,
1773, ch. 25.
    An emission of paper.  November, 1773, ch. 26.
    Continental and convention money made a tender, and
penalties imposed for attempting to depreciate it.  February,
1777, ch. 9.  See the note under October, 1780,
ch. 22, respecting the convention emissions.
    The bills of credit under November, 1766, ch. 26, yo 
be called out of circulation.  November, 1779, ch. 38.
    Penalties imposed by the tender act repealed.  June,
1780, ch. 27, sec. 5.
    Provisions made for sinking our quota of the continental
money, and the old act of assembly money, and
the convention emissions.  June, 1780, ch. 8, and October,
1780, ch. 5.
    Black money emitted.  June, 1780, ch. 24.
    Tender act repealed, but the black and continental
state money made a tender at the value.  October, 1780,
ch. 5, sec. 2, 13.
    Five thousand four hundred pounds sterling to be emitted
in small bills, in exchange for larger bills of the black
money.  October, 1780, ch. 22.
    Red money emitted.  May, 1781, ch. 23.
    Russell's property to be sold for the redemption of black
money, and bonds for that paper assignable to the holders
of it.  May, 1781, ch. 33.
    The executive to ascertain the value of black and state
continental.  May, 1781, ch. 36, sec. 11.

                                        PARISHES.

    Affected by respective acts:
    All-faiths, St. Mary's county.  November, 1765,
ch. 5.
    All-hallows, Worcester county.  1771, ch. 10, 1774,
ch. 10.
    All-saints, Calvert county.  1774, ch. 9.
    All-saints, Frederick county.  November, 1770, ch.
9.
    Chester, Kent county.  November, 1765, ch. 32,
November, 1766, ch. 7, 1768, ch. 8, September, 1770,
ch. 15.
    Christ-church, Calvert county, 1769, ch. 21, 1771,
ch. 8.
    Christ-church, Queen-Anne's county.  November,
1765, ch. 37, 1769, ch. 13.
    Coventry, Somerset and Worcester counties.  1774,
ch. 19, 1784, ch. 40.
    King and Queen, St. Mary's county.  1774, ch. 7.
    Port-Tobacco, Charles county.  May, 1781, ch. 7.
    Prince-George, Prince-George's and Frederick counties.
1771, ch. 3.
    Queen-Anne, Prince-George's county.  1771, ch. 4.
    St. Andrew's. St. Mary's county.  November, 1765,
ch. 4.
    St. James, Anne-Arundel county.  November, 1765,
ch. 31.
    St. James and St. John, Baltimore county.  September,
1770, ch. 18.
    St. John, Queen-Anne's county.  November, 1765,
ch. 37, 1768, ch. 24, 1769, ch. 13.
    St. John or or King George, Prince-George's and
Charles counties.  1771, ch. 26, November, 1783, ch. 2.
    St. Luke's, Queen-Anne's county.  November, 1765,
ch. 37, 1769, ch. 12 and 13, November, 1770, ch. 3.
    St. Mary-Anne's, Cæcil county.  1784, ch. 10.
    St. Paul, Baltimore county.  May, 1766, ch. 8, November,
1779, ch. 22.
    St. Paul, Queen-Anne's and Talbot counties.  November,
1765, ch. 37, 1769, ch. 13, September, 1770,
ch. 9.
    St. Peter's, Talbot county.  November, 1770, ch. 6.