JOINT RESOLUTIONS,

Assented to by the General Assembly of Maryland, at a session
begun on the third day of January and ended on the
fourth day of April, 1892.

	NO. 1.
	Joint resolution authorizing the Governor of the State of
	Maryland to receive and receipt for moneys due said State
	from the General Government of the United States on
	account of repayment of the direct tax.
	WHEREAS, by an act of Congress approved March third,
	eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled " An act to
	credit and pay to the several States and territories, and	Preamble.
	the District of Columbia, all moneys collected under the
	direct tax levied by the act of Congress, approved August
	fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," a sum of money
	was appropriated to the several States for the purpose set
	forth in said act ; and
	WHEREAS, said act contained the following provisions :
	"but no money shall be paid to any State or Territory	Preamble.
	until the Legislature thereof shall have accepted by reso-
	lution the same herein appropriated, and the trusts
	imposed, in full satisfaction of all claims against the
	United States on account of the levy and collection of
	said tax, and shall have authorized the Governor to receive
	said money for the use and purposes aforesaid ;" and
	WHEREAS, said act contained the following provision :	Preamble.
	"That no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be
	paid out by the Governor of any State or Territory, or
	any other person to any attorney or agent under any con-
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