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propriation for an Academic department in our Public
School.
O. N. WRIGHT,
HENRY BARBER,
F. W. CARROLL,
Commissioner's.
Which was read and refeired to Committee on
Finance, (hereafter to be appointed.)
ORDERS.
On motion of Mr. McCullough, it was
Ordered, That Mr. Palmer be excused from attend-
ance at this session.
Mr. Dashiell presented the following.
JOINT RESOLUTION, No. 1.
Resolved by tbe General Assembly of Maryland,
that the thanks of the Assembly are hereby tendered
to Colonel Charles Chaille-Long, native of Maryland,
for his services in science, the prominent part taken
in the final solution of the problem of the Nile sources;
for his gallant conduct when attacked by savage tribes
in Africa, and particularly in the affair at M'rooli, in
which he was wounded, all of which achievements
were recognized by promotion, decoration and a Gen-
eral Order by the Egyptian Government, published to
the army.
Also, for his courage, devotion and abnegation in
accepting the unrenumerative charge of the U. S.
Consulate in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1882, when aban-
doned by its titular agents in a moment of peril; for
bis splendid services rendered in the interest of
humanity, when Alexandria was bombarded and
burned, wherein hundreds were saved from massacre,
including the Khedive, family and court, and when
the Consulate, archives and city of Alexandria were
saved from entire destruction.
Be it further resolved, In testimony of his dis-
tinguished services in Africa and at Alexandria, that
the Governor is hereby authorized and required to
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