RESOLUTIONS.

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cate returned into the land office, for said part of No. 163, by the surveyor of
Frederick county, without requiring the usual escheat money thereon; provided
all other requisites for obtaining a patent are first complied with; and provided
also, that this resolution shall be construed to release the claim of the state for
the escheat money regularly due in this case, and for no other purpose.

Dec. Ses. 1816

No. 8.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore shall he and he is hereby
authorised and empowered, to subscribe on the part of the state, on account of
the stock reserved in the Fanners and Merchants Bank of Baltimore, ten thou-
sand dollars, and that the amount thereof be paid out of any unappropriated
money in the treasury.

Passed Jan. 27

Authorising
treasurer to
subscribe for
stock.

No. 9.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore he and he is hereby di-
rected, to pay to Walter Dyer, a lieutenant in the revolutionary war, or to his
order, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a lieutenant, annually, during
his life, in quarterly payments, as a further remuneration for his services during
the American war.

Passed Dec. 19

In favour of
Walter Dyer.

No. 10.

Resolved, That Philip Reed, of Kent county, be and he is hereby released
from the payment of the interest due on a judgment obtained at the suit of the
state, in Kent county court, at March term eighteen hundred and fifteen.

Passed Jan. 27

— of Philip
Reed.

No. 11.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore pay to John Newman,
or his order, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, in quarter year-
ly payments, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a sergeant, as a further
remuneration for those services by which his country has been so essentially be-
nefitted.

Passed .Ian. 27

—of John
Newman.

No. 12.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby di-
rected, to pay to Kinsey Harrison, of Anne-Arundel county, late a private in
the revolutionary war, or to his order, annually, in quarterly payments, a sum
of money equal to the half pay of a private during his life, as a further remune-
ration lor his services.

Passed Jan. 27

— of Kinsey
Harrison.

No. 13.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby direct-
ed, to pay to William Law, late a private in the revolutionary war, or to his order,
annually, in quarterly payments, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a pri-
vate, as a further remuneration to him for those services by which his country
has been so essentially benefitted.

Passed Jan. 27
— of William
Law.

No. 14.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby di-
rected, to pay unto Gabriel Galworth, of Montgomery county, late a private
in the revolutionary war, or to his order, annually, in quarterly payments, a
sum of money equal to the half pay of a private, as a further remuneration to
him for those services by which his country has been so essentially benefit-
ted.

Passed Jan. 27

—of Gabriel
Galworth.

No. 15.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby di-
rected, to pay unto Hugh Connelly, senior, of Washington county, late a pri-
vate in the revolutionary war, or to his order, a sum of money equal to the half
pay of a private, annually, in quarterly payments, during his lite, as a further
remuneration to him for his services during the struggle of his country for her
independence.

Passed Jan. 27

— of Hugh
Connelly, sen

No. 16.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby di-
rected, to pay to Benjamin Stevens, of Somerset county, an old soldier, or to
his older, annually, in quarterly payments, during his life, a sum of money
equal to the half pay of a private, as a further compensation for his services du-
ring the revolutionary war.

Passed Jan. 27

— of Benja-
min Stevens.

No. 17.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby di-
rected and required, to pay to Charles Thompson, of Saint-Mary's county,
late a soldier in the revolutionary war, or to his order, annually, in quarterly
payments, during his life, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a private, as
an additional compensation to him for those services by which his country has
been benefitted.

Passed Jan. 27
-- of Charles
Thompson.