368 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 25,

House bill entitled an Act to authorize the Com-
missioners of Easton to borrow a sum of money for
the payment of a certain debt due by said Commis-
sioners and heretofore contracted to meet the neces-
sary expenses of the town of Easton, to issue bonds
for the payment of the same, and to levy and collect
taxes for the redemption of said bonds and the pay-
ment of interest thereon.

Which were read the second time.

Mr. Hayes submitted the following
REPORT:

To the Honorable Senate of Maryland:

The Joint Committee heretofore appointed by a
Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at this session, to confer with the Legis-
lature of Virginia for the purpose of obtaining con-
current legislation as to the taking of oysters, crabs
and fish in the waters of the Potomac and Pocomoke
and for other purposes, would respectfully report that
the accompanying Joint Resolution of the Legislature
of Virginia, and letter signed by the chairmans of the
committees of Fish and Game of the Senate of Vir-
ginia and Chesapeake and Tributaries of the House of
Delegates of the said Legislature of Virginia, has been
just received, and the same are herewith submitted to
the Senate of Maryland.

The Committee would also submit the accompany-
ing Joint Resolution for the prompt action of the
General Assembly, and as the Legislature of Virginia
will in a few days adjourn, and inasmuch as it is im-
portant that the said Joint Resolution should be com-
municated to the Virginia Legislature before its ad-
journment,, the said committee recommend the sus-
pension of the rules of the Senate and the passage at
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