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RESOLUTIONS,
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1831.
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Whereas, one of the many great political evils resulting
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from the refusal of congress to renew the charter of the
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United States Bank would be, beyond all doubt, a relapse
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of our currency into its former state of fluctuation and un-
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soundness, pregnant with pecuniary injuries and losses, both
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public and private — Therefore,
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Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
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our senators in congress be instructed, and our representa-
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tives be requested, to use their best efforts to have the sub-
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ject of re-chartering the United States Bank, presented for
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definitive action to the consideration of congress, during
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the current session — And also,
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Resolved, That our senators in congress be instructed,
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and our representatives be requested, to exert all fair and
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honorable means, to obtain during the present session of
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congress a renewal of the charter of the United States
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Bank.
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Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a
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copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to each of
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our senators and representatives in congress.
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No. 123.
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Resolution relating to the Western and Southern Limits of
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Passed Mar.5 , 1832
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this state.
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The committee to whom sundry resolutions were referred
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relative to the southern and western limits of this state,
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have had the same under consideration, and respectfully re-
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port: —
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That they have arranged their enquiry in order as pro-
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posed by each resolution, beginning with the first, as best
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calculated to keep in view the object of the senate, and to
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present to the consideration of both branches, of the legis-
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lature, the whole mass of facts and circumstances in conse-
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cutive form, starting from the root of the title of Maryland
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to its domain through all adversary or other pretensions.
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1st. Your committee have been instructed to inquire and
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report to the senate "what were the true southern and wes-
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tern limits of the province of Maryland, according to the
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original charter from the king of Great Britain, to Lord
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Baltimore."
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By an examination of the third section of that charter,
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your committee find the grant to Baltimore so defined by
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natural boundaries, leading from one point to another all
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