JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 855

votes of said States were cast for Samuel J. Tilden,
as President, and Thomas A. Hendricks, as Vice-
President, and that by virtue thereof; and of 184
votes cast by other States, of which eight were
cast by the State of Maryland, the said Tilden and
Hendricks were duly elected, and praying said
court to decree accordingly.

No. 10.
Whereas the States of Maryland and Delaware
heretofore chartered the Maryland and Dela-
ware Ship Canal Company for the purpose of
constructing a ship canal across the peninsula
of Maryland and Delaware, connecting the
waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
and opening a direct route to sea for vessels
trading at the ports of Baltimore and the upper	Preamble.
part of the Chesapeake Bay, thereby shortening
the distance from Baltimore to European ports
and New York and New England seaboard cities
two hundred and twenty-five miles, and avoid-
ing the dangerous and tedious route doubling
Cape Charles, and by said charter said company
is authorized to charge a rate of toll not exceed-
ing twenty cents per ton ;
And whereas this General Assembly approves
the wisdom and foresight of the said General
Assemblies of Maryland and Delaware which
granted said charter, and deem the speedy con-	Preamble.
struction and opening of said canal of paramount
importance to the growing commerce of Balti-