RESOLUTIONS.

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No. 23.

Resolved That the treasurer of the western shore pay to Spedden Orem,
of Talbot county, or to his order, during life, in quarter annual payments, the
half pay of a private, as a further remuneration for his services during the re-
volutionary war.

Dec. Ses. 1824

Passed Feb.
13, 1825.

No. 24.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore, pay to Michael Walt-
man, of Frederick county, or to his order, during life, in quarter annual pay-
ments, the half pay of a private, as a further remuneration for his services
during the revolutionary war.

Passed Feb.
18, 1825.
Michael
Waltman.

No. 25.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore, pay to Lithe Willis, of
Washington county, or to her order, during life, in quarter annual payments,
the half pay of a private, as a further remuneration for her husband, An-
drew Willis' services during the revolutionary war; and that the said allow-
ance shall commence from the date to which her husband's petition has been
paid up.

Passed Feb.
18, 1825.
Lethe Willis.

No. 26.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore, pay to John Gomber,
of Frederick county, or to his order during life, in quarter annual payments,
the half pay of a private, as a further remuneration fur his services during
the revolutionary war.

Passed Feb.
18, 1825
John Gom-
ber.

No. 27.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore, pay to Nathan Porter,
of Talbot county, or to his order, during life, in quarter annual payments, the
half pay of a private, as a further remuneration for his services during the re-
volutionary war.

Passed Feb.

18, 1825
Nathan Por-
ter.

No. 28.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the governor and
council, be and they are hereby authorised, to contract for such new furniture
and repairs, as in their judgment may seem necessary and proper in the two
houses of assembly; and to draw upon the treasurer of the western shore, for
such sum or sums of money, as may be necessary to carry this resolution into
effect, before the meeting of the next general assembly.

Passed Feb.

22, 1825.
Furniture to
rooms.

No. 29.
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the treasurer of the
western shore, pay to Daniel Schnebly, of Washington county, or order, the
sum of twenty one dollars and twenty five cents.

Passed Feb.

22, 1823.
Pay to Dan'l
Schnebly.

No. 30.
Resolved, That the time allowed by a resolution passed by the legislature
of this state, at December session eighteen hundred and twenty three, to the
clerk of the court of appeals for the eastern shore, and to the register of wills
for Talbot county, for completing the records of their respective offices, be
and the same is hereby extended to the first day of January, eighteen hundred
and twenty six.

Passed Feb.
21, 1825.
Records.

No. 31.
Resolved, That the state agent for the western shore, be and he is hereby
authorised and directed, to cause prosecutions to be commenced against all
such wholesale merchants, or against any retailer of dry goods, or foreign
wares, or merchandize, or lottery office keepers, who may have neglected to
take out license as required by law; Provided, that no prosecution shall be
commenced against any wholesale merchant, retailer or lottery office keeper,
who shall, on or before the first day of June next, take out the licenses which,
they ought to have taken out in the years eighteen hundred and twenty two,
eighteen hundred and twenty three, and eighteen hundred and twenty four;
or Provided, that such wholesale merchants shall deposit in the Bank of Bal-
timore, under the directions of the state agent, the amount due for such li-
censes for the years eighteen hundred and twenty two, eighteen hundred and
twenty three, and eighteen hundred and twenty four, which deposits shall
be transferred to the credit of the treasurer of the western shore, when the
suit now pending in the supreme court is decided in favor of the state; and
Provided, the supreme court should determine that the state of Maryland
has not a constitutional right to compel wholesale merchants to pay a license;
then in such case, the deposits shall be returned to the several persons to
whom they are due.

Passed Feb.

21. 1825.
Wholesale
merchants.