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rected to distribute the same number of copies of
said Digest, and in the same way as the copies of
the Maryland Reports are now authorized by law
to be distributed, and the residue to sell or ex-
change for such other books as may be required in
the State Library; provided, nevertheless, that he
shall retain thirty-five copies in the Library for
the use thereof.

No. 4.

WHEREAS, It has pleased the Almighty Disposer of Human Events to remove from the theatre of life, that good man, accomplished scholar, peer- less orator and statesman, Edward Everett, whereby the country has been deprived, in a period of national trial, of the valuable and im- portant services of one of its proudest ornaments and most able defenders; and whereas, the loss of such a man is no mere private bereavement, but a vast public calamity affecting all classes in community; therefore, Resolved, That the General Assembly of Mary- land, being profoundly sensible, as an integral part of the Union of the severe loss sustained by the country at large, desire to place on record this expression of their profound respect for the deceased and unaffected sorrow on the sad occasion of his death. Resolved, That in the demise of Edward Everett the Republic of Letters has lost one of its ripest and most accurate scholars; oratory its most pol- ished, graceful and eloquent'exponent; statesman- ship one of its most sagacious, harmoniously pro- portioned and patriotic expounders. Resolved, That in the purity and loveliness of his private character, in the various mental endow- ments which attract the universal admiration of mankind, in the patriotism which knows no com- promise with treason, and is ever ready to vindicate

Assented to Jan. 24, 1865.