JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 1663

No. 8.

WHEREAS, In response to an'invitation issued by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland, the Governor of New Jersey
appeared before us on the evening of March the seventh, 1912,
and delivered a most able, interesting and scholarly address
to the great pleasure, edification and enjoyment of the members
of the General Assembly and of many citizens of the State here
assembled; be it

Resolved, That the thanks and appreciation of the General
Assembly of Maryland be tendered to the Honorable Woodrow
Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, for his gracious kindness in
coming to this State and addressing this body; and be it
further

Resolved, That the thanks of the General Assembly be
extended to His Excellency, the Honorable Phillips Lee Golds-
borough, for his gracious and generous hospitality in entertain-
ing their guest, the Honorable Woodrow Wilson.

No. 9.

Joint Resolution and Memorial of the General Assembly of the
State of Maryland, to the Congress of the United States,
for the passage of a bill to reimburse and indemnify the
Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, Maryland.
WHEREAS, On July 9, 1864, during the progress of the late
Civil War, the town of Frederick, in the State of Maryland,
was seized by the Confederate Army under General Jubal A.
Early, and the said army, by way of retaliation against the
Government of the United States for the destruction of prop-
erty by the Union Armies in the Confederate States of America,
exacted from said town, under pain of the pillage and burning
thereof, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; and

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland had faithfully satisfied all
the requisitions made upon it by the Government of the United
States in the prosecution of said war, and was entitled to
receive for itself and the said town of Frederick from the Gov-
ernment of the United States protection against the invasion
and aggressions of the Confederate Armies, and the said Gov-
ernment, after having, taken and removed the home defense
forces of said State beyond its limits and control, failed to
comply with, the request of said State to provide for the defense
thereof and of the said town of Frederick as one of its munic-
ipalities against the invasion of the said Confederate Army
under General Early, and by reason of such failure of the
Government of the United States the said invasion was accom-