JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

691

No. 5.

In relation to the Great Seal :

WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution, No. nine, "In

relation to the Great Seal of the State," passed by

Preamble.

the General Assembly, at its session in eighteen

hundred and seventy-four, instructing the Gov-

ernor to have the Great Seal of the State so altered

that it should conform to the arms of Lord Balti-

more as represented on the title page of Bacon's

Laws of Maryland, printed in seventeen hundred

and sixty-five, by Jonas Green, was passed under

the impression that the said representation was

accurate; and

WHEREAS, Investigation has shown that said repre-

Preamble.

sentation of the arms of Lord Baltimore is imper-

fect; and

WHEREAS, a complete and accurate description of

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the Seal of the Province is to be found in the com-

mission of Cecilius, Lord Baron, of Baltimore,

that accompanied the said seal when sent to the

Province in sixteen hundred and forty-eight;

therefore,

1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Senate Joint Resolution, No. nine, "In

Rescinded.

relation to the Great Seal of the State," passed by

the General Assembly, at its session in eighteen

hundred and seventy-four be, and the same is here-

by rescinded.

2. And be it further resolved, That the Governor of

the State is hereby authorized and empowered to

Authorized to

have the Great Seal of the State altered so that it

have seal al-
tered.

shall bear the arms of Maryland as represented upon

the seal furnished the Province in sixteen hundred

and forty-eight, by Cecilius, Lord Baron of Balti-