1904.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 813

"Therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the President of the United States,
be and he is hereby requested to direct the Secretary
of War of the United States to despatch such troops
of the United States as may be required for the occa-
sion to the city of Baltimore, to be used there for the
protection of property, the patroling of streets around
the burnt district, and for the maintenance of public
order and peace, for such length of time as may in the
judgment of the Governor of this State be necessary.

"And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of
State, be and he is hereby respectfully requested, to
send a copy of these Resolutions duly attested under
the seal of this State, to the President of the United
States.

"SPENCER C. JONES,

President of the Senate.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker of the House of Delegates."

1, Oswald Tilghman, Secretary of State of the State
of Maryland, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of a Joint Resolution passed by
the General Assembly of Maryland on February tenth,
nineteen hundred and four.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and, by order of the Governor, attested by his signa-
ture, have affixed the Great Seal of the State of Mary-
land, at the City of Annapolis, this 11th day of Feb-
ruary, in the, year 1904.

(Seal.)

By His Excellency the Governor,

EDWIN WARFIELD.
OSWALD TILGHMAN,

Secretary of State.

These resolutions were delivered to me by Adjutant
General Riggs, of the State of Maryland, with the
statement that you, as Governor, thought that there