JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

695

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland is prohibited by

the constitution of eighteen hundred and sixty-

Preamble.

seven, from lending additional aid to any works

of internal improvement, and the United States

was foremost in commencing the work and en-

couraging others to make investments therein,

and having chief control thereof, from eighteen

hundred and twenty-eight to eighteen hundred

and thirty-seven, and ceasing thereafter to lend

additional aid thereto, has caused the work to

languish, although aid has been rendered to

others, and less meritorious works since that date;

and believing as we do, that it is not only the

duty, but the interest of the Government of the

United States, and the Congress thereof, to come

forward and aid in the completion of this work;

therefore,

1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland

That our Senators and Representatives in the Con-

Be requested

gress of the United States be, and they are hereby

requested to urge the necessity and importance of

an appropriation to improve the navigation of the

Potomac River from Cumberland, Maryland, to the

mouth of the Savage River in the same State.

2. And be it further resolved, That our Senators and

Requested to

Representatives be and they are hereby requested to

urge.

urge an appropriation for the cleaning out of the

Eastern Branch of the Potomac, from the City of

Washington in the District of Columbia, to Bladens-

burg, a distance of seven miles, and also for cleaning

out, dredging and deepening the channel of the

Patapsco River, from Light Street Bridge, to Elk-

ridge Landing, near the crossing of the Baltimore

and Potomac Railroad over said river.