| 1783. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
CHAP. XXVII.
An ACT to repeal the act, entitled, An act empowering the trustees
to rent the
poor-house of Frederick county. |
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CHAP. XXVIII.
An additional supplement to the act to settle and adjust the accounts
of the troops of this state in the service of the United
States, and for other purposes. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, by the resolve of congress of the tenth
of April, seventeen
hundred and eighty, it is declared, that so soon as proper documents
can be obtained, congress will cause to be made good to all officers
and soldiers, then in service, the depreciation of their pay: And
whereas, by the
act to settle and adjust the accounts of the troops of this state in the
service of
the United States, and for other purposes, passed October session, seventeen
hundred
and eighty, all officers and soldiers that had left the service before
the passing
of the said act were not provided for: Therefore, |
Officers who
served two
years to have
their depreciation,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That all officers of
the quota of the troops of this state, who were in the service of the United
States, who had served two years, and who resigned prior to the passing
the
aforesaid act, shall have the depreciation of their pay for the time they
were in
service made good to them, in the same manner as the aforesaid act directs
the
depreciation to be made good to those who were in service at the time of
passing
the same; and where any such officer has been killed in the aforesaid service,
or
has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be made good to his legal representatives,
in the same manner as it would be to him if living. |
Soldiers discharged
to
have their depreciation,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That all soldiers of the quota of the troops of this
state, enlisted for three years, who were in the service of the United
States, and
whose time of enlistment expired, and all those who from sickness, bodily
infirmity,
or having been wounded in the service, were discharged before the passing
the aforesaid act, shall have the depreciation of their pay for the time
they were
in service made good to them, in the same manner as the aforesaid act directs
the
depreciation to be made good to those who were in service at the time of
passing
the same; and where any such soldier has been killed in the aforesaid
service, or
has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be made good to his legal representatives,
in the same manner as it would be to him if living. |
Officers, inhabitants,
to
have depreciation,
&c. |
IV. And,
whereas by the resolution of congress of the thirty-first of December,
seventeen hundred and eighty-one, it is recommended to the several states
respectively, to settle the depreciation of the pay of all the officers
that are inhabitants
of their respective states, and shall retire from service under the preceding
resolutions, (alluding to resolution of the same day) in the same manner
as they
settled with the officers of the line of their state, and charge the same
to the
United States: Therefore, Be it enacted,
That all officers, inhabitants of this
state, who did belong to the continental army, and who are within the description
of the resolutions of congress of the thirty-first of December, seventeen
hundred and
eighty-one, shall have the depreciation of their pay pay for the time
they were in
service made good to them, in the same manner as the act to settle and
adjust the
account of the troops of this state in the service of the United States,
and for
other purposes, directs the depreciation to be made good to those who were
in
service at the time of passing the same; and where any such officer has
been
killed in the service, or has died, the depreciation of his pay shall be
made good
to his legal representatives, in the same manner as it would be to him
if living;
and the auditor-general is hereby directed to charge the amount of all
certificates
issued in virtue of this act to the United States. |
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CHAP. XXIX.
An ACT to relieve certain
purchasers of confiscated property. PR. |
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