JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

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riously effect the navigation of the same and

thereby detract from the commercial importance

of the State; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and

our Representatives be requested, to use their influ-

ence in urging the necessity of an appropriation

by the General Government for the purpose of

Instructed and
requested.

deepening the said channel in the Chesapeake bay

and Susquehanna river above and below the city

of Havre-de-Grace, Harford county, Maryland,

and thereby opening the same to the commerce

of the country.

No. 6.

Joint resolutions for the appointment of an un-

paid commission of five to examine and report

to the next General Assembly what legislation

is necessary to protect and foster the forest

growth in Maryland.

WHEREAS recent investigations by scientific

men and others in reference to the extinction of

Maryland forests and the causes operating to the

detriment of the growth of young trees, &c., have

shown that the destruction of forest trees in a

large portion of the State is far in excess of the

replanting which is being done; and, whereas, it

Preamble.

is made the duty of the Legislature under the

Constitution to protect and foster this among

other material interests of the State; and,

whereas, if some proper legislation be not enacted

in regard to this subject, another half century will

doubtless witness the almost entire destruction of

forest growth in this State; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates of Mary-

land (the Senate concurring), That His Excel-

lency, William T. Hamilton, the Hon. John Lee

Appointed a
commission.

Carroll, Hon. Philip F. Thomas, Hon. Lloyd

Lowndes, Prof. P. R. Uhler and Ira Remsen be