766 JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

preamble and resolutions, that they may be laid
before the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States.

		No. 5.
		Whereas it has been represented to this General
		Assembly that one of the most dangerous shoals
		in the Chesapeake bay exists at Bloody Point,
		the south-west extremity of Kent Island, near the
		mouth of Eastern bay; and whereas the approach
		of said shoals is not indicated by soundings, in
		consequence whereof frequent wrecks have oc-
		curred thereon; and whereas efforts for years past
		have been made by the Pilot's Association and
		others interested in the navigation of the Chesa-
		peake bay to obtain from the United States Gov-
		ernment the establishment of a light-house and
	Preamble.	fog bell at Bloody Point, so that this dangerous
		shoal may be avoided at night and during foggy
		weather; and whereas the Eastern bay presents
		one of the finest harbors on the eastward side of
		the Chesapeake bay for the refuge of vessels in
		stormy weather, being particularly resorted to by
		the oyster fleet and all vessels passing in and out
		of the Eastern bay; and whereas the necessity of
		their establishment has become more apparent
		with the continually increasing traffic in these
		waters; therefore,
		Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
		land, That our Senators be instructed, and our Rep-
		resentatives in the Congress of the United States,