fairly stated, and fully expressive on what principle the state is chargeable therewith.
    RESOLVED, That the attorney-general be directed to strike off no suit at the
instance of the state, before the fees are paid, or secured to be paid, in all cases
where they are, by law, chargeable to said defendants.

    ON the second reading the report on the letter of John White, state agent,
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be requested to carry the same into
effect.

    RESOLVED, That the governor of this state be requested to communicate
to the governor of Virginia, that the law and resolution of the said commonwealth
respecting the seat of federal government, enclosed in his excellency's
letter of the sixteenth day of December, instant, were laid before the legislature
of this state on the point of their rising, so that they had not sufficient time to
form a determination thereon.
 

                            A LIST of the LAWS passed last SESSION.
 

AN ACT, entitled, An act to confirm an act, entitled, An act to alter such parts of the constitution     and form of government as prevent a citizen from taking a seat in the legislature,     or being an elector of the senate, without taking an oath to the support of this government,     passed at November session, seventeen hundred and eighty-eight. An ACT to open a road from or near Christian Bower's mill, on Big Pipe Creek, in Frederick     county, by Ox Moor's mill, on Patapsco falls, to intersect the great public road leading from     Westminster-town to Baltimore-town. An ACT for the benefit of Barbara Hall. An ACT for the relief of William Robertson, of Montgomery, and Robert Amos, junior, of     Harford county. An ACT for the preservation of the breed of wild deer, and for other purposes therein mentioned. An ACT to ratify certain articles in addition to, and amendment of, the constitution of the United     States of America, proposed by congress to the legislature of the several states. An ACT to streighten, amend and repair, the public road in Frederick county leading towards     Carlisle, in Pennsylvania. An ACT to regulate the assize of bread. An ACT for the relief of Sarah Hall, of Baltimore county. An ACT for the benefit of Samuel Chase, of Baltimore-town. An ACT to repeal all those parts of an act of assembly, passed at February session, in the year of     out Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, entitled, An act to punish certain     crimes and misdemeanors, and to prevent the growth of toryism, which make it necessary to     take, repeat and subscribe, the oath therein mentioned. An ACT to alter and amend that part of the public road leading from Port-Tobacco, in Charles     county, to Leonard-town, in Saint Mary's county, which lies between Allen's Fresh and Pile's     creek. An ACT for the relief of Benjamin Rogers. A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the relief of certain purchasers of confiscated property. An ACT for the draining of a marsh and branch known by the name of the Long Marsh, lying in     Queen-Anne's and Caroline counties. An ACT to enable certain commissioners to make partition of a tract or parcel of land called Bohemia     Manor, lying in part within Cæcil county of this state, and part in New-Castle county, in     the state of Delaware, and for other purposes therein mentioned. A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the removal of the seat of justice from Charles-town to     the Head of Elk, in Cæcil county. An additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act for securing the title of the proprietors of lots     and houses in Charles-town, in Charles county, passed November session, one thousand seven hundred     and seventy-nine. A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to establish a market at the market-house in Chester-town,     in Kent county, and for the regulation of the said market. An ACT to enable the justices of Saint-Mary's county court to assess a sum of money on the said     county for the support of an idiot, the child of Benjamim Bradburn, in the said county. An ACT to open a road from the great falls of Gunpowder, at a place known by the name of Meredith's     Ford, until it intersect the main road leading from Baltimore-town to York-town, in Pennsylvania,     at a place called Buck's Old Field. An ACT to ascertain the mode of trial in certain cases. An ACT to incorporate George-town, in Montgomery county. An ACT for the relief of certain foreigners who have settled within this state, and for other purposes,     supplemental to the act for naturalization. An additional supplement to the act, entitled, An act for building a new court-house and gaol in     Queen-Anne's county and for other purposes. An ACT to regulate the inspection of tobacco. An ACT to empower Anthony Addison and Overton Carr, of Prince-George's county, to sell and     dispose of the personal property of Henry Addison Callis.

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