1052 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [April 6,

ANNAPOLIS, April 6th. 1874.
Hon. John Lee Carroll,

President of the Senate:

DEAR SIR :—I herewith tender my resignation as Senator
from the Third Legislative District of Baltimore city.

In severing my official connection with my fellow Senators,
I must be permitted to assure them, one and all, of my sin-
cere and heartfelt regret. For eight years I have enjoyed a
a seat on the floor of the Senate, and my associations have
ever been of the most agreeable and pleasant character, both
officially and socially, and will ever be kept in lively remem-
brance.

My kindest wishes will ever accompany each Senator, both
personally and officially.

I am, dear sir,

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant.

ISAAC M. DENSON.

The President appointed the Hon. John Carroll Walsh to
fill the vacancy on the Engrossing Committee, caused by the
resignation of the Hon. Isaac M. Demon.

The hour of midnight having arrived.
The President arose and said :
My Fellow Members of the Senate:

In rising to express to you the few parting words which
my promptings as your associate Avould most naturally sug-
gest, I would not, if I could, suppress the feelings that rise
within me, as the past moments of our official intercourse
now hasten to their close. It has been but three short
months since Ave assembled in these halls, many of us stran-
gers to each other, with scarcely a tic in common but the
bond of service to our honored State, which we pledged mutu-
ally to fulfil.

In this brief space of time, we have had our full and active
share in the excitements consequent upon a Legislative Ses-
sion; have rejoiced at the adoption of measures which Ave took
to heart, and, perhaps, have also felt the sting of disappoint-
ment at the loss of those on which our greatest labors were
bestowed.

The records of the Session are now before the people who
entrusted us with its important duties; our actions and our
motives are to be passed upon by them, and it is not for us to
say what may be their verdict. Most sincerely do I congratu-
late you upon the harmony that has prevailed, and most