The House took into Consideration the Report from the Committee appointed to ascertain and determine the Number of Naval Officers necessary for this State and to describe and fix their several Districts, and thereupon came to the following resolutions:

That the State of Maryland be divided into eight districts, and a Naval Officer appointed for each.

That the river Potowmack be accounted the first district; the River Patuxent the Second; the City of Annapolis with all the Waters above the River Patuxent to the River Magot[h]y inclusive on the Western Shore, the third District; Baltimore Town including the river Patapsico and all the Waters above it to the River Susquehana inclusive the fourth; The Inlets in the County of Worcester the River Pocomoke including the River Wicomico and all the Waters between them, the fifth; ー The River Nanticoke including all the Waters to the River great Choptank on the Eastern Shore, the Sixth; The River Choptank including all the Waters to the River Chester on the Eastern Shore, the Seventh; The river Chester including all the Waters above it to the river Susquehana the eighth District.

Sent to the Senate for their Concurrence by Mr Maddox and Mr Allien.²