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the boundary line between the States of Maryland and Vir-
ginia, as ascertained and determined by the arbitrators here-
tofore appointed on the part of Maryland and Virginia re-
spectively.

"Whereas, The arbitrators to whom were submitted the
controversies between the States of Maryland and Virginia
concerning their territorial limits, have filed their award, de-
termining and declaring the boundary line of the said States
so far as they are conterminous; and

"Whereas, It is necessary that said boundary line should
be surveyed and designated by monuments of a durable char-
acter, so that its precise location may be readily ascertained
by the citizens of each of the aforesaid States; therefore,

"Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That when the said award shall have been accepted by
the State of Virginia, and shall have been ratified by Con-
gressional legislation, it shall then be the duty of the Gover-
nor of this State to nominate and appoint a Commissioner,
who, togetherwith a Commissioner or Commissioners, to be
appointed by the said State of Virginia, shall, in concert with
each other, have the said line surveyed, and, so far as practi-
cable and necessary, shall have the same defined and marked
by suitable monuments, and to the end that said line may be
run by persons of the highest skill, and as the same is a mat-

ter of federal concern, the Governor is directed to solicit the
War Department at Washington todetail one or more of the
Topographical Engineers of the United States, who shall run,
mark and bound said line with such monuments to be placed
therein of the kind, number and description that the said

Engineers shall order and direct."

Which, were concurred in,

And the bill passed by yeas and nays, as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. President, Humphreys,

Bannon, Joyce,

Combs, of St. Mary's Lancaster,

Cooper, Miller,

Dennis, Steiner,

Freeman, Stump,

Gorman, Welfley—15.
Hill,

NEGATIVE—None,
Secnate bill entitled an Act to repeal Section 48, of Article