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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

compliment paid them in the selection of the name of their city

for that of the cruiser, and in the recognition accorded the sons

of Maryland by the choice of captain W. S. Schley, as her com-

mander, who by his long and faithful service in the United States

navy has done credit to himself and honor to his native State.

Be it also resolved, That a cordial invitation be and is hereby

Invitation

extended to honorable Benjamin F. Tracy, secretary of the navy

extended

of the United States, to visit the city of Baltimore at some period,

during the stay of the cruiser Baltimore in the harbor of that city.

And be it further resolved, That a copy of this resolution, after

To for-
ward re-
solution.

being duly signed by the governor of the State, the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house of delegates, be forwarded

by the secretary of State to the honorable Benjamin F. Tracy, at

Washington.

No. 5.

Joint resolution by the General Assembly of Maryland request-

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ing the general government to refund to the corporate authorities

of Frederick city, Maryland, the sum of two hundred thousand

dollars, exacted of them by the Confederate' army under General

Jubal Early, July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, under

penalty of burning said city.

WHEREAS, During the late war for the preservation of the Union,

the citizens of Frederick city, Maryland, were faithful and

Preamble

obedient to the laws of the Union and the State, and by the

Federal compact the United States were bound to protect said

city of Frederick and its people against invasion and destruc-

tion of property; and

WHEREAS, the general government failed in its duty in the

premises, and in consequence thereof said Frederick city was

subjected to invasion by a large Confederate army under Gen-

eral Jubal Early, July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,

and a large ransom, namely, the sum of two hundred thousand

Preamble

dollars in lawful money of the United States was levied and

demanded by the commander of the Confederate forces and

paid by said corporate authority July ninth, eighteen hundred

and sixty-four, unto the representatives of said Jubal Early,

designated to receive the same, no part of which has been re-

paid or re-imbursed to said corporate authorities of Frederick

city, Maryland, entailing a grievous burden upon the loyal tax-

payers of a small community; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That our

senators and members of the congress of the United States from