JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

1273

WHEREAS, Roger Brooke Taney, a distinguished son of

Roger Brooke

Maryland,, a profound lawyer and great statesman, rendered

Taney

distinguished public services to the State and nation, having

successively filled the offices of Attorney-General of the State

of Maryland and Attorney-General of the United States of

America; and

WHEREAS, The said Roger Brooke Taney was, on the 15th

Chief Justice

day of March, 1836, commissioned as Chief Justice of the Su-

of the Su-
preme Court.

preme Court of the United States of America, which office he

filled with great distinction and marked ability until the time

of his death, which occurred on the 12th day of October in the

year 1864; and

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland, in recognition of his

Bronze statue.

great public services, has caused to be erected upon the State

House hill at Annapolis, Maryland, a bronze statue upon a

granite pedestal, upon which some suitable inscription should

be placed; therefore; be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the

Superintendent of Public Buildings be and he is hereby author-

ized and directed to cause to be inscribed by some skilled artisan

upon the front of said pedestal the following :

ROGER BROOKE TANEY,

Inscription on

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

pedestal.

BORN, MARCH 17, 1777,

COMMISSIONED CHIEF JUSTICE MARCH 15, 1836,

DIED, OCTOBER 12, 1864.

And upon the side of said pedestal the following:

ATTORNEY-GENERAI, OF MARYLAND, 1827.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF UNITED STATES, 1831.

Be it further resolved, That the cost of said inscription, not

Cost of inscrip-

to exceed seventy-five dollars, shall be paid by the Governor

tion.

out of the contingent fund at the disposal of the Executive.

No. 7.

Joint Resolution relating to Fort Frederick, Maryland.

WHEREAS, It is represented that Fort Frederick, situated

Fort Freder-

in Washington County, Maryland, is being pillaged and is

ick, Md.

rapidly reaching a state of dilapidation and ruin ; and