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RESOLUTIONS.

Dec. Ses. 1817.

war, be requested, and is hereby required, to report to this general assembly the pro-
gress that he may have made in the accomplishment of the object of his appointment.
Resolved, That a copy of the aforegoing resolution be forthwith transmitted
to the said agent, now at the City of Washington.

Passed Feb 13
For negocia-
ting a loan.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby autho-
rised to negociate a loan, on such terms and at such periods as the governor and
council shall approve, not exceeding the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and the
state is hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal and interest thereof.

Passed Feb 14
Relative to
treasurer E. S.

No. 49.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the eastern shore be credited in his account
with the treasurer of the western shore for the sum of one thousand and two dol-
lars, which said sum is composed of the notes of the "Somerset Dank," received
by the treasurer of the eastern shore during the last year, in virtue of a resolution
No. 5, of December session eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the instruction of
the treasurer of the western shore made in pursuance thereof.

Passed Feb 13
In favour of
Henry King.

No. 50.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby direct-
ed, to pay unto Henry King, or order, annually, in quarterly payments, a sum of
money equal to the half pay of a commissary.

Passed Feb 13
—of John An-
derson.

No 51.

Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby autho-
rised and directed, to pay to John Anderson, or to his order, a sum of money, an-
nually, in quarterly payments, equal to the half pay of a private, as a further remu-
neration for his revolutionary services.

Passed Feb 13
—of Eleanor
Lynn.

No. 59.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby direct-
ed, to pay to Eleanor Lynn, the widow of John Lynn, late a lieutenant in the re-
volutionary war or her order, during life, annually in quarterly payments, a sum
of money equal to the half pay of a lieutenant.

Passed Feb 14
Relative to the
magnetic nee-
dle.

No. 53.
Resolved, That the governor and council be and they are hereby requested,
to inquire into the probable expense that would be requisite to carry into effect the
method proposed by the Reverend Neale H. Shaw, in his address to the legislature,
for ascertaining the regular variation of the magnetic needle, including the erec-
tion of necessary structures, the purchase of instruments, and the annual salary of
a person competent to make the observations, and also to select the place which in
their opinion would be the most proper for the object contemplated, and report
thereon to the next general assembly.

Passed Feb 14
To sell certain
stock.

No. 54.

Resolved, That the treasurer of this state for the western shore be and he is
hereby authorised, to sell and dispose of, under the direction of the governor and
council, the right of subscribing for the unsubscribed shares reserved to this state
in the stock of the Union Bank of Maryland, and the Marine Bank of Baltimore,
at such times and in such parcels as shall appear must beneficial and proper, pro-
vided that no such sale be made at less than ten per centum advance on the origi-
nal subscription price per share.
Resolved, That the said shares be in the first place offered to the said banks,
who are hereby authorised, in case they should purchase the same, to abolish an
equal number of shares in their several institutions.

Passed Feb 14
In favour of
messenger to
the council.

No. 55.
Resolved, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby autho-
rised and required, to pay unto the present messenger to the executive, during
his continuance in office, the sums respectively directed to be paid to Jubb Fow-
ler, late messenger, by the resolutions of November sessions eighteen hundred and
six, and eighteen hundred and eleven, in the same manner as provided by said re-
solutions.

Passed Feb 14
To purchase
Brice on Wills

No. 56.
Whereas, it is highly essential that a work which treats of subjects highly
important to those who have any concern in affairs of a testamentary nature,
should receive a wide and extensive circulation, for the purpose of preventing
many unhappy mistakes which would otherwise frequently occur, when men who are
entirely unacquainted with such matters undertake to make their own wills,
which of all other instruments require the most mature deliberation, and which
often give rise to family feuds and dissentions, when the intention of the testator
is so obscure that different interpretations may be given to the same clause;