692

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

more; which arms are described as follows, namely:

Quarterly, first and fourth, paly of six or and sable,

a bend counterchanged; second and third, quarterly

Description.

argent and gules, a cross bottony counterchanged ;

Crest (which is placed upon a helmet, showing five

bars, over a Count-palatine's coronet) on a ducal

coronet proper, two pennons, dexter or, the other

sable; staves gules; motto " Fatti maschii, parole

femine;" supporters,, a plowman and a fisherman

proper; a mantle doubled with ermine, surrounding

the arms and supporters. Upon a border encircling

the seal, shall be engraven this legend, " Scuto bonae

voluntatis tuse coronasti nos." The diameter of the

seal shall be three inches.

No. 6.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Demonstrated

the expenditure of two appropriations heretofore

made by the Congress of the United States, for the

improvement of navigation in the Susquehanna

River; in the erection of two "Deflectors" across

the Eastern Channel of said river, both of which

have been swept away by the action of the water

and ice, has demonstrated that the construction of a

" Deflector " across said channel, while it will de-

stroy that channel for the purpose of navigation,

will not deepen to any appreciable extent the West-

ern Channel, and will injuriously affect many citi-

zens residing on the banks of said river, by causing

the ice to gorge at the mouth thereof, thereby flood-

ing the adjacent lands, endangering the towns of

Port Deposit and Havre-de-Grace, and destroying

an immense amount of property.

Resolved, That the Senators from the State of

Be instructed

Maryland in the Congress of the United States are

and requested

instructed, and the Representatives of the State of

Maryland in the Congress of the United States, are

hereby requested, to vote and exert their influence

to have the appropriation recommended by the War