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caused the ceiling of the Senate chamber and
of the House of Delegates, to be carefully ex-
amined, and being found verv much injured
and unsafe, we had the old plastering entirely
removed, the work done anew, and the cham-
bers put in compleat order.

We also employed Mr. Jeremiah L. Boyd
to make such repairs to the dome of the State
House as might be found necessary for its pre-
servation. This work is in progress, but so
much more has been found neessary than was
anticipated, that it is not yet completed.

To carry into effect the very laudable object
of the general assembly provided for by the re-
solution No. 95, relative to a digest, &c. of the
laws, we appointed the honorable John Buch-
anan, chief judge of the high court of appeals,
and Thomas James Bullitt, Esquire, to perform
the duties prescribed by the resolution. Mr.
Bullitt having declined the undertaking, we ap-
pointed Reverdy Johnson, Esq. in his place.

We esteem the contemplated work as of very
high importance, and believe that its able exe-
cution will confer great benefit upon the people
of the state. These considerations induce us
to select gentlemen every way qualified to per-
form it, in the best manner; and whose distin-
guished reputations will impart confidence in,
and give authority to, the result of their la-
bours,

By virtue of the resolution No. 119, we ap-
pointed Frisby Tilghman, Thomas Emory and