JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

lines of battles have been establishhed and monuments and
markers erected; and
WHEREAS, the Army of the Cumberland and the Society
of the Army will hold a joint reunion at Chattanooga upon
the dates named, at which reunion members of all army
societies and posts interested in these battles, both Union and
Confederate, and individuals of each of the armies engaged will
attend; and
WHEREAS, It is desired to secure the attendance of the
Governors of the States, a Committee from Congress, and
Committees from the several States to be selected by the
resolution of the Legislatures thereof; therefore be it

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Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Governor be and he is hereby requested to appoint a Commit-
tee of six Representatives to represent the State of Maryland,
and to attend the Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at
Chattanooga, on Ocotber 9, 10 and 11, 1900, to bear the greet-
ings and the good-will of the State of Maryland to the
assembled veterans of both the Union and Confederate
Armies.

Committee of
six to attend
reunion.

No. 10.

Joint Resolution to protect the interest of the State of Mary-
land in respect of the stock held by it in the Washington
Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

WHEREAS, Under the Act of Assembly of Maryland of
eighteen hundred and thirty-two, Chapter one hundred and
seventy-five, the State of Maryland became a subscriber to
five thousand shares, equal, at the par value, to five hundred
thousand dollars, of that part of the stock of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, which was subscribed for and
issued for the construction of what is known as the "Wash-
ington Branch" of said railroad; and, therefore, in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight received from said company
five hundred shares of said stock in lieu of dividends, equal,
at the par value, to fifty thousand dollars; all of which stock
the State of Maryland now owns; and,
WHEREAS, All of said stock so held by the State of Mary-
land, together with the stock subscribed by individuals and
corporations, to be applied to the construction of said Wash-
ington Branch of said railroad is, by virtue of said Act of
eighteen hundred and thirty-two, Chapter one hundred and
seventy-five, constituted forever a stock separate and distinct
from all other stocks issued by said railroad company; and,
WHEREAS, For many years next preceding the year eight-
een hundred and ninety-seven the State of Maryland has been

Washington
Branch of the
B. &. O. R. R.