RESOLUTIONS.

and for which they obtained certificates from the chair-
man of the committee on claims of that session.

1836.

Resolution in favour of Ann Millard, widow of Joshua
Millard, deceased.

WHEREAS, Ann Millard, widow of Joshua Millard,
deceased, owning land in this State, did some time in
the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, remove from
the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia,
to St. Marys county, with the intention of becoming a
citizen of the State of Maryland, taking with her cer-
tain slaves, and was advised of the necessity of paying
for the removal of said slaves, under the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-three, chapter eighty-seven, and
accordingly did pay to the clerk of St. Mary's county
the sum of sixty-five dollars, which sum is still in the
hands of said clerk, and has not been paid into the State
Treasury; and whereas, the act of eighteen hundred
and thirty-four, chapter one hundred and twenty-four,
gave her, the said Ann Millard, widow of Joshua Mil-
lard, deceased, the right to remove any or all of her
slaves without paying for the same, — Therefore,
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the said clerk of St. Mary's county refund to the said
Ann Millard, widow of Joshua Millard, deceased, the
said sum of sixty-five dollars, being the amount so as
aforesaid paid by her to said clerk.

Passed Jan. 9,
1837.

Resolution relating to the Franking Privilege.

WHEREAS, the several Sovereign States which now
compose this nation, have yielded up and forever sur-
rendered to the. government of the United States many
sovereign rights and privileges, .among them the
mail establishment and the regulation and entire con-
trol thereof, which has become a source of much reve-
nue to the country and an object of peculiar advantage

Passed Jun: 6,
1837.