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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

No. 4.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Testimonial

the General Assembly of Maryland have heard with

of respect.

profound grief and sincere regret, the annunciation

by His Excellency the Governor, of the sudden de-

cease of the Honorable Reverdy Johnson, in the full

vigor of life, and in the crowning years of a long

period of usefulness to his State and country. That

by the death of this distinguished jurist, statesman

and diplomatist, the people of the State of Maryland

have lost one in whose unquestioned fame, at home

and abroad, they have ever felt a just pride, and

whom they have delighted to honor as one of her

pre-eminently worthy, fand most illustrious sons ;

and the nation and the world have been called to

mourn the deprivation of a wise counsellor and a

devoted patriot. That the State of Maryland will

ever cherish and hold in grateful remembrance the

invaluable public services he has rendered, and

would hereby express a tribute of honor and respect

to the consummate ability and commanding intellect

which exalted him as the foremost Jurist of America.

To the patriotic impulses which animated him in

the discharge of grave and responsible duties to his

State and country. To his unsullied private char-

acter and ennobling virtues, which are inscribed

upon and enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen.

That as a further testimonial of respect to the

memory of the deceased, an engrossed copy of these

resolutions, signed by the President and Secretary

of the Senate, the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the

Copy be

House of Delegates, be transmitted to the family of

transmitted.

the deceased, and that a similar copy suitably framed,

be placed in the Library of the State.