1194

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Town of
Frederick,

Government of the United States protection against the in-
vasions and aggressions of the Confederate armies, and the
said Government, after having taken and removed the home
defense forces of said State beyond its limits and control failed
to comply with the request of said State to provide for the
defense thereof and of the said town of Frederick as one of
its municipalities against the invasion of the said Confederate
army under General Early, and by reason of such failure of
the Government of the United States the said invasion was
accomplished and the said town of Frederick was dispoiled as
aforesaid by way of retaliation against the said Government;
and,

WHEREAS, The said municipality, as a direct result of said
exaction, has ever since been under the necessity of carrying
a large bonded indebtedness, which has been a continuous and
is a present hardship to the citizens of said town, and it is just
and equitable that the Government of the United States should
assume the loss suffered by said town by reason of its loyalty
to the Union, and on account of a policy of retaliation directed
against the said Government; therefore, be it

Requesting
Congress to
refund a sum
to money to
Frederick.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, be and they are hereby
respectfully requested to pass a bill appropriating the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid to the Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick, in the State of Maryland, as a re-em-
bursement and indemnity for the loss sustained by the said
municipality through the said reprisal and exaction of the
said Confederate army of invasion.

Transmitted
to Senators
and Repre-
sentatives.

Be it further resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he
is hereby requested to transmit, under the seal of this State,
a copy of the aforegoing resolution and memorial to each of
the Senators and Representatives now in Congress from Mary-
land, with the request that they lay the same before their re-
spective Houses in support of the measure hereinbefore men-
tioned.

No. 2.
Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland
requesting our Representatives in Congress to vote for the
passage of the Grout and Richardson bills now before
Congress.