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No. 1.
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Joint resolutions in relation to the gift by Enoch
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Pratt, Esquire, of the city of Baltimore, of over
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a million dollars, to the Mayor and City Council
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of Baltimore, for the establishment of a free cir-
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culating library.
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WHEREAS Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, has re-
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cently tendered to the corporation of that city the
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munificent gift of over a million of dollars, for
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the establishment and perpetuation of a free cir-
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culating library, under conditions whose practical
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Preamble.
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wisdom commands them to universal approval ;
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and, whereas, neither the value and importance of
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such an instistution, nor the noble and generous
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purposes of its founder, can be measured, even by
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the splendid liberality of its endowment; be it,
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therefore,
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Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That the name of Enoch Pratt be added to the
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Name added
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list of those public benefactors whom the people
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to list of pub-
lic benefactors
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of Maryland will hold in perpetual and grateful
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remembrance. And it is further
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Resolved, That in placing this acknowledgment
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and tribute upon the permanent records of the
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State, it is the desire and purpose of the
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General Assembly, not merely to signify their
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Honor con-
spicuous ex-
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appreciation of a great and disinterested pub-
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ample.
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lic service, but especially to honor a conspicu-
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ous example of the patriotism and public spirit
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which give to wealth its largest dignity and lift
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it to its highest uses. Be it further
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