Assented to by the General Assembly of Maryland, at a Session
begun on the 2nd day of January, 1867, and ended
on the 23rd day of March, 1867.

No 1.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in their judgment the policy heretofore announced, and up to this time consistently main- tained by the President of the United States upon the question of the right of the excluded Southern States to their Constitutional representation in Congress, is just, wise and statesmanlike, and is the only practicable mode by which the Union, as created and recognized by the Constitution, can be restored. Resolved, That the General Assembly recog- nizes in the action of His Excellency, Thomas Swann, in support of this policy of the President of the United States, and in the just and liberal execution by him of the existing Registry Law of this State, a concurrence with the sentiments of a great majority of the people of this State, and a proper recognition of their inalienable right to participate in its government by the exercise of the elective franchise,

Assented to Jan. 14,1867.