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No. 1.
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Joint Resolution requesting the President of the United States
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to direct the Secretary of War to dispatch United States
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troops to Baltimore City.
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WHEREAS, An exigency has occurred by reason of a great
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U. S. troops to
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conflagration in the City of Baltimore which makes it desir-
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protect prop-
erty.
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able that troops shall be placed on guard around the burnt
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district of said city; and
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WHEREAS, The police force of the said city and the avail-
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able military force of the State have become exhausted by
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Police force
and militia.
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reason of long continued and arduous service ; therefore, be it
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Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
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President of the United States be and he is hereby requested
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Petitioning Na-
tional Govern-
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to direct the Secretary of War of the United States to dispatch
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ment to send
troops.
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such troops of the United States as may be required for the
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occasion to the City of Baltimore, to be used there for the pro-
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tection of property, the patrolling of streets around the burned
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district and for the maintenance of public order and peace for
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such a length of time as may, in the judgment of the Governor
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of this State, be necessary.
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Be it further resolved, That the Secretary of State be and
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Request.
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he is hereby respectfully requested to send a copy of these
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resolutions, duly attested under the seal of this State, to the
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President of the United States.
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No. 2.
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Joint Resolution in respect to the memory of the late John S.
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Saunders, Adjutant General of the State of Maryland.
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WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland has heard
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with deep regret of the death of General John S. Saunders, the
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Gen, John S.
Saunders.
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late Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard; and
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