180 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 2,

January, 1892, appoint the following gentlemen:
Honorables Levin L. Waters, Thomas G. Hayes, and
Washington Wilkinson, on the part of the Senate, and
Honorable Conway W. Sams, Robert C. Combs,
James E. Ellegood, Alonzo L. Miles and Noah C. Ster-
ling, on the part or the House of Delegates, to visit
the Legislature of Virginia, and to confer with that
Body in relation to proper legislation concerning the
taking of oysters, fish and crabs in the waters of the
Potomac and Pocomoke; therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Joint Committee aforesaid
be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, on
behalf of the State of Maryland, to make known to
the Legislature of Virginia, at such time and in such
manner ab may be agreeable to the said Legislature of
Virginia, the desire of the General Assembly of Mary-
land for such concurrent legislation touching and
concerning the taking of oysters, fish and crabs in the
waters of the Potomac and Pocomoke, as shall
tend to promote the most friendly relations between
the said commonwealths, and the mutual advantages
of their respective citizens.

Be it further resolved, That it is the sense of the
General Assembly of Maryland, that there should be
concurrent legislation between said States regulating
the taking of oysters, fish and crabs in the said wafers,
not only as to the time and manner of taking them,
but also the size of the same when so talon.

Be it further resolved, That it is the sense of the
General Assembly of Maryland, that the citizens of
the respective States aforesaid should June equal and
like privileges of taking oysters, fish and crabs in and
from the waters of the Potomac and Pocomoke.

Be it further resolved, That a copy of this joint
resolution be sent, at once, under the great seal of
Maryland, by the Secretary of the State of Maryland,
to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
with the respectful request that the same be commu-
nicated to the Legislature of Virginia, and that the
will of the Legislature of Virginia, as to the time at
which it will be agreeable to that Body to receive the
said Joint Committee of Maryland, be communicated
to the Governor of Maryland at as early a day as
may be convenient.