JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

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FIRST. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the Eastern Shore Rail Road com-

pany at its earliest convenience, be and itis hereby di-

rected to inform the Board of Public Works of this

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State, by what authority the said trustees are acting in

form

the premises, and also to furnish to said board, copies

of such proceedings of the said bondholders of the

aforesaid company, as relate to the management and

operation of the said railroad ; and also to inform the

said board by whom the said board is operated, and

by whom its corporate franchises are used and em-

ployed, in order that the said board may submit the

same, together with a copy of the said mortgages to

the State, to the Attorney General for his opinion

in writing as to the proper means to be adopted to

secure the interest of the State, without prejudice to

the rights of the said bondholders.

SECOND. And be it resolved, That the Attorney Gen-

eral be and he is hereby directed to institute such

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stitute proceed-

proceedings, as the Board of Public Works may, in

ings.

the exercise of their constitutional supervision over

the Public Works in this State, in which the State ia

stockholder or creditor, authorize or direct to be in-

stituted, to protect the interests of the State as pre-

ferred stockholder of the Eastern Shore Rail Road

Company.

No. 8.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION.

In relation to Fenian prisoners.

WHEREAS, there is a deep sympathy felt upon the

Preamble.

part of a large number of the adopted citizens of this

country, residing in Maryland, and of Irish national-

ity, which is shared by those who are citizens by

birth, in the continued imprisonment, attended by

rigorous, and it is said cruel treatment of numbers

of State prisoners, convicted of being engaged in a