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memory of the late Honorable Reverdy Johnson, presented the
following

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
General Assembly of Maryland, have heard with profound
grief and sincere regret, the annunciation by his Excellency,
the Governor, of the sudden decease of the Honorable Rev-
erdy Johnson, in the full vigor of life, and in the crowning
years of a long period of usefulness to his State and country.

That by the death of this distinguished Jurist, Statesman
and Diplomatist, the people of the State of Maryland have
lost one in whose unquestioned fame, at home and abroad,
they have ever felt a just pride, and whom they have de-
lighted to honor, as one of her pre-eminently worthy and
most illustrious sons; and the nation and the world have
been called to mourn the deprivation of a wise counselor and
a devoted patriot.

That the State of Maryland will ever cherish and hold in
grateful remembrance, the invaluable public services he has
rendered, and would hereby express a tribute of honor and
respect, to the consummate ability, and commanding intel-
lect, which exalted him as the foremost Jurist of America.

To the patriotic impulses which animated him in the dis-
charge of grave and responsible duties to his State and Coun-
try.

To his unsullied private character, and ennobling virtues,
which are inscribed upon, and enshrined in the hearts of bis
countrymen.

That as a further testimonial of respect to the memory of
the deceased, an engrossed copy of these resolutions, signed
by the President and Secretary of the Senate, the Speaker
and Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates, be transmitted
to the family of the deceased, and that a similar copy suita-
bly framed be placed in the Library of the State.
FRANCIS PUTNAM STEVENS,
LEWIS H. STEINER,

Committee on the part of the Senate.
EDWARD J. CHAISTY,
BENJAMIN LANKFORD,
HENRY R. ATKINSON,
Committee on the part of the House of Delegates.

Which were read the first time.

Senate bill entitled an Act to pay to Philip W. Downs
and George W. Russum, a sum of money for services render-
ed the State, as council in the case of the United States vs.
Wm. H. Whitely, an Officer of Registration of the State of
Maryland, for the 1st Election District of Caroline county,