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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

present controversy, is impressed with the justice

and fairness of the following line of boundary, to

wit : The boundary line from " Smith's Point" to

be a right line across the Chesapeake Bay, to the

centre of " Cedar Straits" upon the Tangier Sound,

Preamble.

near the south end of Watkins' Point; thence by a

right line in a southerly direction to the channel

of Pocomoke Bay or River nearest to " Cedar

Straits; thence up, by and with the channel of said

Pocomoke Bay and River to a point therein, opposite

to the place on the east shore of said river, ascertained

by De La Camp, in eighteen hundred and sixty-

seven, to be the beginning on said shore of the

divisional line said to have been run and marked

by " Calvert and Scarborough," in eighteen hun-

dred and sixty-eight; thence by and with said di-

visional line, as surveyed and laid down on the map

made by said De La Camp, for the joint commissions

of Virginia and Maryland, in eighteen hundred and

sixty-eight, to the Atlantic Ocean. The right of

fishing and taking oysters in Pocomoke Sound or

Bay and River, to be common to the citizens of both

States, and subject to concurrent regulations by the

two States, or if preferred by the commonwealth of

Virginia, this latter provision may be omitted ;

therefore

FIRST. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of

Respectfully
submitted.

Maryland, that the said line of boundary, be and it

is hereby respectfully submitted by the State of

Maryland to the General Assembly of Virginia, for

adoption as the line of boundary between the two

States from Smith's Point to the Atlantic Ocean, and

if.concurred in by the General Assembly of Virginia,

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 by the General

In the event.

Assembly of Maryland, that in the event that the Gen-