I return to your Excellency and the Council the petition of John McCammon upon which I was directed to take order, and beg leave to inform your honble body that ajudicial process has, with the approbation of the Judges, been framed for ascertaining the value of the Land from which the petitioner has been evicted, in such manner, that while Justice is done to the party the interests of the State may not, as sometimes happens, be sacrificed to those of the individual. The valuation will be returned to next January Term, and if confirmed by the Court, a decree will pass in favor of the petitioner. I take the liberty of reminding your Excellency and the Council, that no funds whatsoever are assigned for satisfying such a decree; and that the manner in which the money should be paid, whether immediately or by instalments, has not yet been marked out. I would therefore submit it, whether this subject should not be laid before the legislature. I have the honor to be with sentiments of the most perfect respect, Your Excellency’s Most Obedient Servant