EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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WHEREAS, The said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars,

so as aforesaid appropriated proved inadequate for the pur-

Amount of
money ap-

chase of the land and the improvements necessary for the ac-

propriated.

complishment of the purposes for which the said association

was created and the City of Baltimore appropriated an addi-

tional sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and citizens of

Maryland supplied other large sums to aid these purposes,

and this led to the passage of the Act of 1870, Chapter 89,

as a supplement to the said Act of 1867, heretofore mentioned ;

and it was provided by the said Act of 1870, that in case of

the dissolution of the said association, the City of Baltimore,

and those citizens who had contributed as above stated, should

participate in the net proceeds of the sale of the said land and

the improvements, with the' State of Maryland, in proportion

Trustees to

to the amounts respectively furnished by them ; and that in case

sell prop-

of dissolution as aforesaid, the said trustees named in the said

erty.

Act of 1867, or the survivors, should make the sale ; and

WHEREAS, Subsequently, it was provided by the Act of As-

sembly, Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1886, that a further sum of

The State a
preferred

three thousand dollars should be appropriated for the use of

creditor.

the said association, and to save its charter, and which said

sum of three thousand dollars was made a preferred claim of

the State on the dissolution of the said association ; and

WHEREAS, Subsequently, it was enacted by the General As-

sembly of Maryland, by Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1890, that

Division of

in case of the dissolution of the said association, the said

moneys from
proceeds of

trustees or their successors, should at once sell the said land

sale.

and improvements thereon, at public auction, and that the net

proceeds of the sale should be applied, first to the payment of

the debts due by the said association, and that the balance

should be divided between the contributors to the purchase

of the land or its improvements, in proportion to the amounts

contributed ; and

WHEREAS, Said association has entirely failed for more than

three successive years to hold exhibitions as aforesaid, and the

Failure to
hold exhibi-

purposes of the said association have failed of accomplish-

tions.

ment, but the benefit of the said Acts cannot be obtained by

the State, the City of Baltimore, and the citizens who con-

tributed as aforesaid, by reason of the fact that the Court

of Appeals of Maryland has held and decided that this relief

could only be obtained by a dissolution of the said association,

now therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That on the application of any of the said contributors,