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RESOLUTIONS assented to November Session, 1788.
RESOLVED unanimously, That the treasurer of the western
shore be and
he is hereby directed not to pay to the continental loan officer any further
sum or sums of money on account of this state, until the further order
of the general assembly.
ON the second reading of the report on the petitions
of Job Garretson and
Robert Long, RESOLVED, That the executions issued against the said Job
Garretson
and Robert Long, on their bonds in the treasury for confiscated property,
returnable to October term, seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, be and
they are
hereby set aside, (they paying the costs thereon) and that no further process
issue
on their said bonds respectively, until the chancellor shall have decreed
on their
respective bills now depending before him; provided always, that the said
Job
Garretson and Robert Long prosecute their suits with all diligence, and
bring the
same to final decree, or other end thereof, on or before the first day
of June, in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, after which execution shall
and may
issue in the same manner as if this resolve had not been made.
WHEREAS it appears, that the claims against the confiscated
property of
Robert Christie amount to a considerable sum more than the net proceeds
thereof,
many of which claims are not finally decided on, but remain with the auditor
for further investigation: And whereas it is unreasonable, that those
whose claims
have been legally passed should receive no satisfaction until such doubtful
claims
are adjusted; RESOLVED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and
he is
hereby authorised and required to issue certificates to those whose claims
have
been duly admitted, for such proportion thereof as they would respectively
be entitled
to receive if all the claims exhibited against the said Christie's estate,
and
now depending before the auditor, were allowed.
RESOLVED, That Tuesday the ninth day of this present
month be appointed
for choosing two senators to represent this state in the senate of the
United States,
one of whom to be a resident of the western, and the other of the eastern
shore,
to be chosen by the joint ballot of both houses, and that the two persons,
one
residing on the western shore, and the other on the eastern, having a majority
of
votes of all the attending members of both houses, be declared to be duly
elected
senators to represent this state in the senate of the United States for
the term of
six years, subject nevertheless to the rotation established by the constitution
of the
United States; and that a commission shall issue to the said senators
appointed as
aforesaid, signed by the governor for the time being, or, in his absence,
by the
presiding member of the council, in the following words, to wit:
To _____.
The legislature of the state of Maryland reposing special trust and confidence
in
your diligence, integrity, wisdom and fidelity, hath appointed you senator
to represent
this state in the senate of the United States for the term of six years,
subject
nevertheless to the rotation prescribed by the constitution of the United
States. Given under my hand and the seal f the state this
day of
Anno Domini
RESOLVED, That proceedings against Alexander Cowan
and John Taylor,
as securities of Archibald Buchanan, deceased, shall be suspended until
the first
day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, and to the end of the
next session of assembly which shall happen thereafter.
RESOLVED, That the commissioners of the tax for Charles
county be authorised
to hear and ascertain what insolvencies existed on the books in the possession |
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