JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Be it resolved, That the governor of the state
shall, immediately after the passage of these res-

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olutions, appoint five persons who shall consti-
tute a commission to be called "The State Prison
Removal Commission," and that it shall be the
duty of said commission to thoroughly investi-
gate the subject of the removal of the peniten-
tiary from its present location to a point beyond
the limits of the city of Baltimore, and they
shall especially inquire into and ascertain the
value and selling price of the lot and improve-
ments thereon, and the probable cost of a new
lot and the erection of buildings suitable for the
purposes of the state.
And be it resolved, That said commissioners

Appoint a
commission.

shall present to the next general assembly a full,
detailed and accurate report of all the matters
and facts which they are by these resolutions
required to inquire into, ascertain and consider,
together with their recommendations; it being
hereby declared that the principal object of
these resolutions is to provide complete and ac-
curate information for the use of the next gen-
eral assembly.

Present report

And be it further resolved, That said commis-
sion shall keep an accurate account of expenses
and present the same to the committee on claims
of the next general assembly.

Keep account
of expenses.