604 RESOLUTIONS.

No. 5.

Assented to March 10,1864,

THE Joint Committee appointed to report Reso- lutions expressive of the regret of this Legislature at the death of Otho Scott, Esq , report the follow- ing: WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Maryland, in session at Annapolis, has learned with deep sorrow of the death of Otho Scott, Esq., for many years a member of the Legislature, and one of the Compilers of the Maryland Code; and whereas, it is right and proper that as rep- resentatives of the people, we ought to acknow- ledge in same public manner the loss which the State has sustained in the death of one of its prominent and useful citizens; Therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That we recognize in the death, of Otho Scott, Esq., that the State has lost a citizen who had grown up with its history, and actively parti- cipated in its Legislative and Judiciary proceed- ings, a man of rare ability, ripe experience and kind and genial character. That these Resolutions be entered upon the Journal of the two Houses, and that a copy of them, properly engrossed, be sent to the family of the deceased.

	No. 6.
Assented to March 9, 1864.	WHEREAS, many of the legal voters of this State are on the tented field in the army of the United States, beyond the limits of this State, and by the Constitution and Laws of this State, are not entitled to enjoy the elective franchises unless they vote in the place of their residence; Therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Secretary of War be and