JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 767

	be requested, to urge upon Congress the necessity	Urge appro-
	for the appropriation of a sum of money sufficient for the erection of a light-house and fog bell on Bloody	priation.
	Point shoal, at the southwest extremity of Kent
	Island, in the Chesapeake bay.
	And be it further resolved, That his Excellency,
	the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of	Transmit
	this preamble and resolutions to our Senators and	copy.
	Representatives in Congress, they they may be laid before the Senate and House of Representatives.

	No. 6.
	Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That our Senators in the Congress of the United
	States be and they are hereby instructed, and our
	Representatives in Congress requested, to use all pro-	Induce ap-
	per means to induce Congress to make an appropria-	propriation.
	tion for the construction of a light house on Fort
	bar, in the Patapsco river, in the interests of the
	commerce of the city of Baltimore, and for the pur-
	pose of affording a secure and convenient entrance
	to the harbor on the South Branch of the Patapsco.

	No. 7.
	Whereas it has been represented to this General
	Assembly that the channel in Chester river, be-
	tween Kirby's landing and Sprig's landing, is	Preamble.
	obstructed by shoals that are a hindrance to navi-
	gation and seriously interfere with commerce;
	therefore,
	Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
	land^ That our Representatives be requested to use