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be requested, to urge upon Congress the necessity
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Urge appro-
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for the appropriation of a sum of money sufficient for
the erection of a light-house and fog bell on Bloody
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priation.
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Point shoal, at the southwest extremity of Kent
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Island, in the Chesapeake bay.
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And be it further resolved, That his Excellency,
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the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of
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Transmit
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this preamble and resolutions to our Senators and
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copy.
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Representatives in Congress, they they may be laid
before the Senate and House of Representatives.
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No. 6.
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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That our Senators in the Congress of the United
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States be and they are hereby instructed, and our
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Representatives in Congress requested, to use all pro-
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Induce ap-
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per means to induce Congress to make an appropria-
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propriation.
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tion for the construction of a light house on Fort
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bar, in the Patapsco river, in the interests of the
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commerce of the city of Baltimore, and for the pur-
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pose of affording a secure and convenient entrance
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to the harbor on the South Branch of the Patapsco.
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No. 7.
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Whereas it has been represented to this General
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Assembly that the channel in Chester river, be-
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tween Kirby's landing and Sprig's landing, is
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Preamble.
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obstructed by shoals that are a hindrance to navi-
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gation and seriously interfere with commerce;
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therefore,
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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
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land^ That our Representatives be requested to use
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