RESOLUTIONS.            

sembly, and the several officers thereof, or to their respec-
tive orders, any sum or sums of money now due, or which
from time to time may become due to them respectively,
and for which they shall obtain certificates, from the
chairman of the committee on claims of the present House
of Delegates.

No. 6. Resolution in favor of the legal representatives of Milly Power. Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Treasurer of the State be, and he is hereby authorised to pay Henry Fowler, for the use of Clement Thompson, the legal representative of Milly Power, the balance due her at the time, of her death, on the pension list of the State.

Passed Jan. 13, 1845.

No. 7.

Resolutions in relation to the Decisions of the Supreme Court. Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That a knowledge of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, embodying the supreme judicial law of the county, in the construction of the constitution, treaties and acts of Congress, and comprehending adjudged principles of general application, and of supreme authority in the fed- eral courts, and respected in the judicial tribunal of the States, is of the highest importance to every citizen, and should be as widely diffused and published as the acts of Congress themselves. Resolved, That a more general diffusion of those de- cisions should be provided for by law, and that they should be distributed to the judicial tribunals of the States, their executive officers ana public libraries, as well as to the libraries of the more important public institutions of the country. Resolved, That inasmuch as those decisions cannot be procured but at a great cost, if at all, Congress should

Passed Jan. 17, 1845.