Agency history record, 1780-1784.
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Maryland. Commissioners to Preserve Confiscated British Property.
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In 1780, largely as a response to British seizure of patriot property in South Carolina and the refusal of British trustees' to draw bills of exchange on bank stock in London owned by Maryland, the General Assembly passed legislation to confiscate British property (i.e. property in Maryland belonging to British loyalists who had fled the state) (Laws of 1780, ch. 45). Another law in the same session appointed three commissioners to overse the confiscation process. The law directed t...
Maryland. Intendant of the Revenue
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In 1781 Maryland was saddled with a combination of war debt and high inflation. In an attempt to reign in the chaotic economy, the state created the office of Intendant fot eh Revenue (Laws of 1781, ch. 27), to oversee the state's finances. The intendant's duties included supervision of the treasurers, the auditor general, the Commissioners to Preserve Confiscated Property, and the Commissioner to Settle and Adjust Pay Due Officers and Soldiers of Maryland in the service of the Unit...
