Whereas it is represented to this general assembly by sundry inhabitants
of Cæcil county, that they purchased from the late intendant of the revenue several
parcels of land now in the said county, but formerly within the lines of
Pennsylvania and Delaware, which lands, or parts thereof, the said purchasers
claim title to under the laws of the said states, and request time to produce
vouchers to support their said claims; RESOLVED, That all process and proceeding
against the said purchasers be countermanded by the attorney-general,
and not renewed before the end of the next session of assembly, and the late intendant
is directed to return lists of such purchasers to the attorney-general and
the treasurer of the western shore.

    WHEREAS the general assembly, on the twentieth day of January last, by
their resolution of that day, for the reasons therein expressed, directed that no
process should issue against the property left by Ely Alexander, late of Cæcil
county, deceased, until the end of the next session of assembly thereafter, and
the same motives remain to grant further indulgence; RESOLVED, That the
issuing process against the said property be further delayed until the end of the
next session of assembly.

    RESOLVED, That the estate of Legh Master be delivered up to him on
his paying the costs this state hath been put to on account thereof.

    RESOLVED, That each of the deputies appointed by this state to meet
the federal convention, be allowed for every day's attendance, and travelling expences
to and from said convention, the same per diem allowance as delegates
from this state have for each day's attendance for the present year in congress,
and that they be paid in like manner.

    RESOLVED, That the execution against Job Garretson, and his securities,
be and is hereby suspended until the tenth day of September next, and that the
chancellor be, and is hereby authorised and empowered to inquire into the
principles upon which the award between the said Garretson and the state was
founded, and on a view and consideration of all circumstances attending his case,
and the said contract, to make such decree therein as equity and justice may require,
and the decree, when made, shall be transmitted to the treasurer of the
western shore before the tenth day of September next, who is directed to settle
with the said Garretson accordingly.

    UPON the second reading of the petition of Robert Long and William King,
RESOLVED, That the executions against the said Robert Long and William
King, as securities of Mark Alexander, be suspended till the tenth day of September
next; that the sheriff be indemnified for suffering them to go at large,
and that they may be taken again on the present or new executions, unless the
chancellor decrees to the contrary.

    RESOLVED, That the governor and council be requested to appoint and
employ some skilful person to lay out the manors, and such parts of the reserves
and vacant lands, belonging to this state, lying to the westward of Fort Cumberland,
as he may think fit and capable of being settled and improved, in lots of
fifty acres each, bounded by a fixed beginning and four lines only, unless on the
sides adjoining elder surveys; that the beginning of each lot be marked with
marking irons, or otherwise, with the number thereof, and that a fair book of
such surveys, describing the beginning of each lot by its situation, as well as
number, be returned and laid before the next general assembly; that a brief note
of the improvements which may happen to be on any lot, and the name of the
person, if any settled thereon, be inserted at the foot of the certificate of survey
thereof, and that the reasonable expence of such surveys be paid by this state.
    RESOLVED, That the governor and council be requested to cause the auditor-general,
or other proper officer, to make out an accurate and fair list of the
officers and soldiers who are entitled to counties of land under the promises of 
this state, and to lay the same before the next general assembly.