370 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 25,

to communicate with the Joint Committee of this
State on the subject matter of the said reso-
lution, and to determine upon such time as may
be convenient to receive the said Joint Com-
mittee for the purposes set forth therein;

And Whereas, The aforesaid committees on the part
of the General Assembly of Virginia, by communica-
tion dated February 20th, 1892, make known to the
aforesaid Joint Committee of this State their desire to
confer with the said committee upon the subject of
said resolution, and other matters named in said com-
munication, but stated that the heavy pressure of work
to be accomplished during the few remaining days of
their session, renders it impracticable to give the
matter the attention it deserves, and suggested the
appointment of Committees on the part of the Legis-
latures of the respective States, to confer during the
vacation of the respective Legislatures upon the im-
portant matters contained in the aforesaid Joint Res-
olutions and communication; therefore,

Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the request embraced in the letter
and Joint Resolution of the 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 it is hereby continued with the
powers specified in the following resolution:

Second. And be it further resolved, That the Joint
Committee heretofore appointed by the Joint Resolu-
tion of the General Assembly of this State, passed on
the —— day of February, 1892, consisting of the Hon-
orables Levin L. 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. Ster-
ling, 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 oys-
ters, 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 Resolu-
tion, as well as any additional powers which may be
necessary in response to the suggestions and request