1350 JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS, It is but fitting that proper recognition should
be given to the memory of Brigadier Thaddeus Kosciuszko,
whose illustrious service in the war for American Inde-
pendence is well known to all who are familiar with our
history; therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
United States Congress be and it is hereby requested to
enact legislation which will provide for the effective carry-
ing out of the provisions of the said resolution, whereby
the Postmaster General would be authorized and directed
to issue a special series of postage stamps of the denomina-
tion of 3 cents, of such, design and for such period as he
may determine, commemorative of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the naturalization as an American
citizen and appointment of Thaddeus Kosciuszko as Brevet
Brigadier General of the Continental Army, on October
13, 1783; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby
requested to send a copy of this resolution to the President
of the United States, the Vice-President of the United
States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
to each Senator and Representative in the Congress of the
United States from Maryland.

Approved April 21,1933.

NO. 5.

A Joint Resolution requesting the Congress of the United
States to repeal the tax on checks.

WHEREAS, The present National Administration is meet-
ing with remarkable success in restoring public Confidence
in our banking system and in preventing the hoarding of
currency; and

WHEREAS, One of the contributory causes of this hoard-
ing was the tax of two cents on each check passing through
the Clearing Houses and Banks; and

WHEREAS, The repeal of this tax would aid greatly in
the resumption of normal banking transactions by the use