688

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Preamble.

THEREFORE, The General Assembly, reposing full

confidence in the ability, integrity, wisdom and

sound legal knowledge of the said Honorable

Richard J. Bowie, and deeming it compatible

with the public interest to extend his term of ser-

vice.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly o1 Maryland,

Time ex-

That the term of service of the Honorable Richard

tended.

J. Bowie, Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit

and Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, be,

and the same is hereby extended, and the said Hon-

orable Richard J. Bowie, continued in office as

Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, until the

Tuesday after the first Monday of November of the

year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,

and until his successor is elected and qualified

thereafter.

No. 3.

WHEREAS, it is of the greatest importance to the

Preamble.

States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and

Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, that

the shad, salmon, herring, rock and other migra-

tory fish, which form already so large a proportion

of the food resources of the States and District

named, and are destined to be a yet greater source

of sustenance and revenue to the said States and

District, should have an opportunity to reach the

upper waters of the Potomac and its tributaries,

not only that they may there find their appro-

priate spawning beds, but also that the inhabitants

of the States named, living upon such upper

waters, may have the advantage and benefit of