RESOLUTIONS. 1545.

ed at his discretion, to convert the bank stocks now
standing to the credit of the sinking fund into stocks of
this State, to be placed to the credit of the same fund.

No. 5.

Resolution authorising the appropriation of five thousand
dollars for the Contingent Expenses of this State.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the sum of five thousand dollars be, and it is hereby ap-
propriated to defray the contingent expenses of the State,
for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six,
and the Treasurer is authorised and directed to pay upon
the orders of the Executive, any sums not exceeding that
amount, out of any unappropriated money in the Trea-
sury.

No. 6.

Passed Jan.
19, 1846.

Resolution in favor of the Members of the Legislature
and their Officers.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Treasurer of the Western Shore he, and he is here-
by authorised to pay to the members of this General As-
sembly and the several officers thereof, or to their res-
pective orders, any sum or sums of money now due, or
which from time to time may become due to them res-
pectively, and for which they shall obtain certificates
from the chairman of the committee on Claims of the
present House of Delegates.

No. 7.

Passed Jan.
1846,

Resolution directing the Treasurer to withhold two hun-
dred dollars annually from the Hagerstown Academy,
and pay it over to Clearspring Academy in Washing-
ton County.
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Treasurer of this State be, and he is hereby directed

Passed Jan.
14, 1846.