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334 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 9,
Usilton, Goldsborough, Ranger,
Railman, Rusk, Canby,
Turner, Berkemeier, Griffith,
Hawkins, Lewis. Atkinson,
Gunby, McWilliams, Brooke,
Ford, McGlone, Brown,
Lambdin, Stewart, Lamotte,
Briscoe, Loane, Browning—35
Ward; Chaisty,
NEGATIVE.
Messrs.
Smith, Speaker, Lankford, Koons,
Hodges, Smith,of Dor., Vandiver,
Bird, Constable, Gill,
Hooper, Hance, Harig,
Baldwin, Gwynn, Scott,
Whitelock, Neal, Jones,
Curtis, Purnell, Sprigg,
Smith, of B. co., Riggs, Donaldson,
Given, Hinks, Clark,
Dodson, Naill, Dashiell—30.
So the order was adopted.
Mr. Donaldson submitted the following
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, It is of the greatest importance to the States of
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginiaand Pennsylvania, and the
District of Columbia, that the shad, salmon, herring, rock
And migratory fish, which form already so large a proportion
of the food resources of the States and District named, and
are destined to be a yet greater source of sustenance and
revenue to the said States and District, should have an oppor-
tunity to reach the upper waters of the Potomac and its
tributaries, not only that they may there find their appro-
priate spawning-beds, but also that the inhabitants of the
States named, living upon such upper waters, may have the
advantage and benefit of the yearly migration of such fish,
as well as those who dwell upon the lower waters of these
States named, and said District of Columbia.
And whereas, It is impossible for such fish to reach said
upper waters, on account of the impassability of the Great
Falls of the Potomac, unless there be built a fish-way to ena-
ble such fish to go around said Falls, and so get to the upper
waters of the Potomac and its tributaries.
And whereas, At a convention of the Commissioners of
Fisheries of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, held in Philadelphia on the 26th day of January, A.
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