RESOLUTIONS.

Passed by the General Assembly of Maryland, at December

Session, 1822.

No. 1. Resolved, That the treasurer of the- Western Shore, pay to the several members of the general assembly, and the officers thereof or to their order, the several sums due to them, and for which they shall obtain certificates from the chairman of the committee of claims.	Passed Dec 12, 1822. Payment to members.
No. 2. Whereas, The governor in his communication hath advised, that owing to the late afflicting dispensations by disease, a day be set apart by the general assem- bly, and recommended to the people of the state to be observed as a day of hu- miliation and prayer; Therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly, That the thirteenth day of March next, be set apart and recommended to the people of the state to be observed as a day of humiliation and prayer, and that this reso- lution be published in such newspapers throughout the state, as the governor and council may direct, for the information of the citizens thereof.	Passed Dec. 18, 1822. Day of hu- miliation.
No. 3. WHEREAS, The great national road leading from Cumberland to Wheeling, which is of such incalculable advantage in facilitating the intercourse between the Atlantic and the Western states, and which was constructed al a great ex- pense, has already suffered from the want of that regular superintendance, and of those repairs which are necessary to the preservation of such a work; There- fore, Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the senators and re- presentatives of this state, in Congress be requested to use their best exertions to procure the immediate passage of a law by Congress, making a sufficient ap- propriation to repair the great national road, leading from Cumberland to Wheeling. Resolved, That the governor be, and he is hereby requested to cause a copy of this resolution to be transmitted to each of the senators and representatives of this state in Congress.	Passed Dec 18, 1822. Cumberland road.
No. 4. Resolved, That the members of the legislature, in respect to the memory of the late William Craig, jun. esq. deceased, a delegate from Cecil county, who departed this life while attending to the discharge of his duties, wear scarfs and bands during the remainder of the session, and that the funeral expenses be placed on the journal of accounts.	Passed Dec. 30, 1822. Wm. Craigg's Esq. funeral.
No. 5. Whereas, Roger Hooper of Dorchester county, in the year of eighteen hun- dred and seventeen purchased of the state of Maryland, certain lands laying in said county, and designated on the plot by lot, number nine of the Choptank Indian Lands, under the impression that the same contained two hundred and forty-seven acres and a half acre, and it since appears that the said lot con- tains only two hundred and thirty six acres and ninety-two perches; There- fore,	Passed Ian. 9, 1823 Roger Hoop- er.
Resolved, That the state agent for the Eastern shore of Maryland, be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to credit the bond of the said Roger Hooper, from the elate of the same, for any deficiency in land, supposed to be contained in said lot, in proportion to the whole purchase money for the same; And be it further resolved. That the said agent be authorised and directed to credit the said bond of Roger Hooper, with the amount of taxes due on the same at the time of the purchase and paid by him the said Roger Hooper; Provided, That the petitioner Roger Hooper, shall satisfy the agent of the truth of all	Bond credit- ed.
facts above stated by competent and sufficient testimony. No. 6. Resolved, That the governor and council be, and they arc hereby authorized and directed to pay John I. Stull Esq. or order the balance of one hundred and forty-nine dollars fifty-four and a half cents, due Elie Williams Esq. deceased, as commissioner to examine the Potomac river, agreeably to the certificate of the commissioners made in pursuance, to resolution No. 26, passed December session eighteen hundred and twenty.	Passed Jan. 14, 1823. Elie Williams payment to.