RESOLUTIONS.

1835.

No. 15.

Passed Feb. 11, 1836

Resolution relative to appointing Commissioners to

have a survey made, and estimate the cost of a Rail

Road, et cetera.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

the Governor and Council, be, und they are hereby

are authorised and required to appoint one commission-

er from each of the counties of the Eastern Shore of

this State, who or any two of them, shall be authori-

sed to employ an Engineer, and to make a recogni-

sance and survey, and to estimate the cost of a rail

road from some point or points in Cecil county, in

connection with one or more of the improvements in

said county, and thence extending by a line, as straight

as may be, nearly contiguous to, and parallel with the

Western limits of the State of Delaware, to the South-

ern extremity of Somerset county, with a divergent

route through Worcester county, to the Northern line

of the State of Virginia, including in such estimate the

lands and rights of way, with the necessary buildings,

vehicles and all appurtenances, as authorised at the

present session of the General Assembly; and the Ex-

ecutive are hereby authorised to adjust and allow for

said recognisance and survey, such compensation and

expenses as may seem reasonable, and to draw there-

for on the Treasurer of the Western Shore.

No. 16.

Passed January 20

Resolution in favor of Ellen Schmuck and Catharine

Schmuck.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

His Excellency, the Governor, be requested to ascer-

tain the value of the sword, which was directed to be

presented to captain Jacob Schmuck, late of the Uni-

ted States Army, under a resolution of the last Gener-

al Assembly of Maryland, number ninety-eight, and

to draw on the Treasurer of the Western Shore for

the amount thereof, and present the same to Ellen