JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1.

A Joint Resolution pledging the resources of the State of
Maryland to the United 'States for the successful prosecu-
tion of the war and commending to the sympathetic consid-
eration of the people of Maryland the formation upon the
defeat of the Imperial German Government of a Union of
Free Nations for the Preservation of Peace,

WHEREAS, The United States is at war with the Imperial
German Government in order that the world may be made safe
for democracy;

Therefore be it resolved by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the State of Maryland pledges all its resources to
the Government of the United States for the successful prose-
cution of the waar.

Further Resolved, That the General Assembly of Maryland
commends to the sympathetic consideration of the people of
this State the formation upon the defeat of the Imperial Ger-
man Government of a union of free nations for the preserva-
tion of peace.

Further Resolved, That the Governor of the State of Mary-
land be requested to transmit a copy of this Joint Resolution
to the President of the United States.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

No. 2.

In acknowledgment of the generosity of Messrs. Henry White
and Julian La Roy White in donating valuable land to the
State of Maryland, for a Forest Reserve.