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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
veyed and designated by monuments of a durable

character, so that its precise location may be readily

ascertained by the citizens of each of the States

aforesaid; and whereas the State of Virginia has

appropriated the sum of eighteen hundred dollars

on her part for the purpose of marking said line and

erecting said monuments, which makes it incumbent

upon the State of Maryland to appropriate a like

sum for the same purpose; and whereas the State

Preamble.

of Virginia has appointed a commissioner on her

part to mark said line and erect said monuments,

who shall act jointly with a commissioner of the

State of Maryland, representing the latter State ;

and whereas by chapter three hundred and seventy-

four of the acts of the General Assembly of the

State of Maryland, passed at the January session,

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, that the Hon.

John Lee Carroll, then Governor of the State of

Maryland, by virtue of said act, did appoint William

J. Aydelott, of Worcester county, the commissioner

on the part of the State of Maryland to mark said

line and erect monuments thereon, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the said William J. Aydelott,

who, together with a commissioner or commissioners

to be appointed by said State of Virginia, shall in con-

Have line

cert with each other have the said line surveyed, and,

surveyed.

so far as practicable 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 matter of

federal concern, the Governor is directed to solicit

Solicit topo-
graphical engi-
neers.

the war department at Washington to detail 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, n umber and description that the said engineers

shall order and direct.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the sum of eighteen hundred

dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated on

Amount ap-
propriated.

the part of this State for the purpose of carrying

out the provisions of this act, and the necessary ex-

penses connected therewith, on the part of the State

of Maryland, and the Comptroller of the Treasury