Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-18
annapolis, December 10.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

BY THE COMMIT Or tLNi-"-
Your committee beg leave to report,
that they have cxaUincd the accounts and
proceedings Of Benjamin iIarw wood, trea-
sarer Of the Western Shore OF Maryland,
AID find, by an account settled by the
Committee of Claims to the First d No
vcmbcr, ore Thousand eight hundred AID
sixteen, there wa, bIIaLcc Of S569,.l7
IS cents exchanged 6 per cent. stock OF
1879, S555.lC4 II funded per cent.
stock. $3.50 IS Of the emissions OF bills
Of credit male By an act OF Congress OF
the 18th of March, 1850, and the sum Of
S57.jl5 IS specie remaining in the trea'
sury.
That il appears to your committee, by
the accounts Of the treasurer, hath !c-
cei, ed for escheats, caution end improve
ment Oh land, l.4S2 dollars AID Is cents /;
f.: open accounts go dollars and is
cents for bonds taken for moucy ard
stock lent l,246 dollars and cents -
fo5 bonds taken for vacant land IN Ale
gsmy county $50 dollars and So cents
tor conliscatcd property 100 dol'a;s ard
8 cents; for fiue,, .orieitpres and amcrcc'
ments sos dollars aud 62 cents: ior
marriage licenses 5,lG5 dollars AID IS
cent; for ordinary; retailers, hawkcr,'
and ped ars' licenses 1889 dollars and
Sc cents; for taxes under the act for es-
'abll,hirg and securing the salary TO the
chancellor "a dollars and p cents -
from the treasurer of tie Eastern Shore
1851 dollars and 70 cents; irem the
Bank of baltimore, for dividend on stock.
1896 dollars; from the Union Bank Of
Maryland, for dividend on stock, $500
dollars; from the farmers Bank of Ma
ryIand ID, 900 dollars from the HechaD-
ics' Bank If baltimore 6975 dollars -
from the laserstown Bank 1900 dollars /;
from the Commercial and Farmers Bank
of Baltimore $500 dollars from the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Balti-
more l,"5O dollars; from the Marine
Bank Of Baltimore $50 dollars from the
Franklin Bank OF Baltimore 2O62 dollars
and 50 cents; from the E!kton Bank Of
MARYLAND ! 900 dollars from the Balti-
more and YUrk Town Turnpike Road
200 dollars; from the Baltimore and
Fredericktown Turnpike Road $50 dol
lars; and from Benjamin liarwoed. trus-
tee, for dividend On stock, $4,000 dollars
and IL cents.
1t appears to your committee. that in
conformity To resolution If December
session, 1916, au,hOrising the treasurer
of the Western Shore to negotiate loan
not exceeding twenty Thousand dollars,
on such terms and al such periods a. the
governor and council shall approve, &c.
he has borrowed from The President, Di-
rectOEs and Company o. the Farne :
Bank Of Maryland $4,000 on interest,
at the rate OF e per centum per annum,
payable quarter yearly, aud the principal
to be reimbursed on the first of January.
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
1t appears to your commlttee. ny the
accounts of the said treasurer. he hath
paid the sum OF 649 dollars and 20 ceE.ts,
agreeabiy to the resolutions Of November
session, 1907. in discharge of the ennis.
sious OF bills OF credit OF June, 1880,
which emissions your committee have
counted and bIrut.
Tha, il appears tn your committee, the
said treasurer hath PAID away IRON tie
first uf November, 1916, to the first Z!
November, 1917, the sum u 4:G,00 dol
lars exchanged 3 per cent stock OF the
United STATES, Of 1872; $50 dollars and
so cents Of tie bills Of credic emitted by
an act of Congress of the 18Th March,,
1880: and the sun Of 100 82f dollars
and ii cent, specie. Fer all which pay
ment, have acen p. oduced TO your COM
mittee the necessary vouchers aid re-
cepts; aud that there remains in the
treasury The sum OF 1851 II dollars and
IS cents exchanged G per cent. stock u!