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place on the east shore of said river, ascertained by De La
Camp, in 1867, to be the beginning on said shore of the
divisional line said to have been run and marked by Calvert
and Scarborough in 1868 ; thence by and with said divisional
line as surveyed and laid down on the map made by said De
La Camp for the Joint Commission of Virginia and Mary-
land in 1868, to the Atlantic Ocean. The right of fishing
and taking oysters in Pocomoke Sound or Bay and River,
and in Tangier Sound, and from the south end of Tangier
and Watts' Islands to the north end of Deal's Island; and
thence west to the Chesapeake Bay to be common to the citi-
zens of both States, and subject to concurrent regulations by
the two States ; therefore

First.—Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said line of boundary, be and it is hereby respect-
fully submitted by the State of Maryland to the General As-
sembly of Virginia for adoption, as the line of boundary be-
tween the two States, from Smith's Point to the Atlantic
Ocean, and if concurred in by the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia, that the same be declared by concurrent Act of the
General Assembly of each State, to be and remain forever
the line of boundary between the two States.

Second.—And be it further Resolved, That in the event that
the General Assembly of Virginia shall decline to concur in
adopting the said line, that this General Assembly does here-
by propose that the General Assembly of Virginia and of this
State pass concurrent Acts, referring the entire controversy
concerning the line of boundary between the two States, to
the arbitrament and final decision and determination of the
Honorable Jeremiah S. Black, of the State of Pennsylvania,
as Chancellor, exercising the equity jurisdiction in the prem-
ises, of the Supreme Court of the United States, each State
in and by said concurrent Acts of Assembly, pledging its
faith to accept and abide by his award in the premises, as
final; each State to be represented by counsel before the said
arbitrator, subject to such regulations as he may prescribe.

Third.—Resolved further by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That pending the said boundary controversy, the Gen-
eral Assembly of Virginia, be and it is hereby respectfully re-
quested, to take such action as shall secure to the citizens of
Maryland equal rights with the citizens of Virginia, to take
oysters and terrapins in the waters of Pocomoke Bay and
Sound and River; and further, that in the waters of Tangier
Sound, binding said controversy, the rights of the citizens of
the two States shall be regulated according to the line and
agreement known as the "Lovett and Davidson Line and
Agreement."

Fourth.—Resolved further by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Honorable Isaac D. Jones of Baltimore city, be