962

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the

Joint com-

request embraced in the letter and joint resolution of the

mittee.

Legislature of Virginia referred to in the preambles of this

joint resolution be and is hereby acceded to, and that the

said joint committee be and they are hereby continued with

the power specified in the following resolutions ;

2d. And be it further resolved, That the joint com-

mittee heretofore appointed by the joint resolution of the

Powers
conferred

General Assembly of this State, passed on the third day of

on joint

February, 1892, consisting of the Honorables Levin L.

committal

" Waters, Thomas G. Hayes and Washington Wilkinson on

the part of the Senate, and the Honorables Conway W.

Sams, James E. Ellegood, Alonzo L. Miles, Robert C.

Combs and Noah C. Sterling on the part of the House of

Delegates to confer with the Legislature of Virginia as to

the necessary concurrent legislation in relation to the taking

of oysters, fish and crabs in the waters of the Potomac and

Pocomoke, and for other purposes, be and they are hereby

continued, and the powers heretofore conferred upon the

said committee by the said joint resolution, as well as any

additional powers which may be necessary in response to

the suggestions and request of the joint resolution of Vir-

ginia and letter referred to in the preambles of this joint

resolution be and are hereby conferred upon said joint com-

mittee, and said joint committee is hereby authorized to

meet and confer with a similar committe, appointed by the

Legislature of Virginia, during the recess of the General

Assembly of the respective States.

NO. 9.

Joint lesolutiou appointing a commission to inquire into

and report upon the Torren's system of registry of land

titles.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Registry

Richard M. Venable and William L. Hodge, of Baltimore

of and
titles

City, and Hattersly W. Talbot, of Montgomery County, be,

and they are hereby appointed a commission to inquire into

the Torren's system of registry of land titles, and the feasi-

bility of its adoption in Maryland ; and they are hereby

instructed to report fully upon said subject to the next

General Assembly, and to accompany said report by a bill!

if, in their judgment, said system can be adapted to the

condition of land titles in this State. And the said com-

mission is further instructed to have said report prepared