938 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 25,

PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, &c.

The President presented the following :
MAYOR'S OFFICE,

Baltimore, March 24th, 1892.
Hon. Edward Lloyd,

President Maryland Senate, Annapolis, Md:

Dear Sir.—I enclose herewith a copy of a resolu-
tion passed by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more. Will you be kind enough to lay it before the
House over which you preside.

Assuring you of my best wishes, I have the honor
to be,

Yours, very truly,

FERDINAND C. LATROBE,

Mayor.

Resolution by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of

the House of Delegates of Maryland.

Whereas, There is now pending before the General
Assembly a bill to amend the fifteenth Article of the
Bill of Rights; and

Whereas, The special local interests of Baltimore
city may be seriously injured by the rigid enforce-
ment of tax laws that may seem to be beneficial to the
counties; and

Whereas, The local tax rate for the support of
Municipal Government is much greater than the
general tax rate for State purposes; and

Whereas, The present tax laws and the proposed
reassessment laws make no distinction in taxation
between different kinds of property, but require both
the State and city tax rates to fall equally upon all
kinds of property within the city of Baltimore; and

Whereas, A much greater revenue can be had both
for State and city purposes if a lighter local tax rate
be imposed upon certain forms of personal property
or improvements of real estate; therefore be it

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, That in the name of the people of Baltimore
they respectfully request the General Assembly of the
State that said bill be amended so as to permit the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, by ordinance,
to such extent as may seem to them expedient, to
exempt any species of personal property or improve-