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WHEREAS, the State of Maryland has a large unsettled
claim against the Government of the United States, for
monies advanced by the State for the use and benefit of
the United States, during the late war with Great Bri-
tain; AND WHEREAS, the justice and legality of said claim
lias been heretofore acknowledged by an act passed at the
first session of the nineteenth Congress, directing the ac-
counting officers of the Treasury, to liquidate and settle
the claims of the State of Maryland against the United
States, for interest on loans or monies borrowed and ac-
tually expended by her for the use and benefit of the Uni-
ted States, during the late war with Great Britain; AND
WHEREAS, the State of Maryland is largely involved in
debt, and unable to fulfil her engagements with her credi-
tors, and prosecute to completion her principal works of
internal improvement, without bringing into immediate and
energetic employment all her available resources—There-
fore,
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Benjamin C. Howard and John S. Skinner, Esquires, be
and they are hereby appointed agents on the part of this
State, to liquidate and settle the said claim with the Gov-
ernment of the United States, on such just and equitable
terms as may be practicable, and as a means of enabling
them speedily to accomplish this important object.
Be it further resolved, That our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, be and they are hereby requested
to afford to the said agents every possible aid in their
power.
Resolved, that the said agents be, and they are hereby
allowed a commission of two per cent, on such sum or
sums of money as they shall actually recover, and cause
to be paid over to the Treasury of the State as hereinafter
provided.
Resolved, That as soon as the said claim is settled, and
the Government of the United States is prepared to pay
the money, the same shall be paid to the Treasurer of the
Western Shore, who is hereby directed to receive the
game, and to give the necessary receipts therefor.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be and
be is hereby requested to furnish a copy of these resolu-
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Preamble.
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