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RESOLUTIONS

Dec. Ses. 1823

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the 18th 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 resolution be published in such
news papers throughout the state, as the governor and council may direct, for
the information of the citizens thereof.

Passed Jan.
3, 1824.
John Carter.

No. 5.
Resolved, That all proceedings on the part of this state against John Carter
security of Basil Bowling, formerly sheriff of Prince George's county, be, and
the same are hereby suspended, until the first day of March eighteen hundred
and twenty-seven; Provided, The said John Carter shall pay one fourth of the
debts due to the state from Basil Bowling and John Carter aforesaid, with six
per cent interest and all the costs, on or before the first day of March, eighteen
hundred and twenty four; one fourth of said debts with six per cent interest and
any additional costs that may accrue, on or before the first day of March eight-
een hundred and twenty five; one forth with six per cent interest and any addi-
ditional cost, on or before the first day of March eighteen hundred and twenty
six; and the remaining fourth with six percent intercut and all additional cost

Proviso.

thereon, on or before the first day of March eighteen hundred and twenty seven;
Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed to release the right of the
state to any property real or personal, which has already been taken in execu-
tion, or the property of any of the persons aforesaid, and it any of the above
payments be not punctually made on or before the times specified, this resolu-
tion shall then be considered null and void.

Passed Jan.

15. 1824.
List of Jus-
tices.

No. 6.
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the clerks of the se-
veral county courts in this state be and they are herein required to transmit to
the clerk of the council within the first twenty days of every session of the ge-
neral assembly of Maryland, a list of the justices of the peace in their respective
counties who qualify as directed by law.

Passed Jan.

15, 1824.
Sale of tents.
&c.

No. 7.
Resolved, That the governor and council be, and they are hereby authorised
and empowered to sell and dispose of all (or any of) the tents, and other camp
equipage now in the several armories of this state, which they in their digres-
sion may deem consistent with the public interest.

Passed Feb.

9, 1824.
Balance due
C. C. Mac-
cubbin.

No. 8.

Resolved, That whatever balance may be ascertained by the committee of
claims, to be due to the late Charles C. Maccubbin, for his services as assistant
clerk to the senate, be paid by the treasurer of the western shore to Mrs. Sarah
Brewer, the mother of the deceased, or to her order.

Passed Feb.
9, 1824.
Silas Griffith.

No. 9.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of Silas Griffith of Dor-
Chester county, have considered the same and report:—That the petitioner
states that a certain William Gist of the county aforesaid is a debtor to the state
of Maryland on judgment for the purchase money of certain Choptank Indian
lands in Dorchester county, that the petitioner purchased said lands of the said
Gist, being unacquainted with the situation of said lands, or that the state had
any claim upon them; the petitioner further states that the state's agent is about
to issue execution against said lands, which will Injure him very much as he is
unprepared to pay the debt in consequence of the circumstances of the contract;
the committee, therefore viewing the circumstances of the case as sufficient to
entitle the petitioner to the commisseration of the state, recommend the adoption
of the following resolution:
Resolved, That all proceedings on the said judgment shall be suspended until
the first Monday of July eighteen hundred and twenty-five; Provided, that the
defendants to said judgment pay in the manner following: that is to say, the one
third part of the principle and all the interest and costs due thereon on or before
the first Monday of July next, the like sum of principal and all the interest due
on the remainder of the principal on the first Monday of January, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, and the remaining part of the principal and whatever in-
terest is due on the first Monday of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and
it either of the parties shall neglect to pay the proportion or installments so as
directed to be paid by them, then execution shall and may forthwith be issued
on the judgment or judgments against the party or parties neglecting to pay as
aforesaid in the same manner as if this resolution had not passed; Provided also
that nothing in this resolution contained shall prevent the state from recover-
ing any part of the said debt from any of the said parties if either of the defen-
dants shall become unable or neglect to pay the part or installments so as afore-
said ordered to be paid by them respectively.

Passed Feb.

9, 1824.
Henry Shroe-

der.

No. 10.
Resolved, That Henry Shroeder of Washington county, be, and he is hereby
forever released, acquitted and exonerated from the payment of the sum of fifty