Chap. 364.—JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Release of Certain
Marylanders Arrested in Catching Oysters in the Waters of Virginia.

Approved October 34, 1870. .

Whereas, a message has been received from the governor of
Virginia, announcing that the governor of Maryland has pledged
his state to the observance and maintenance of the boundary
between the two states known as the Davidson and Lovatt line,
until the question of the correct line can be definitely settled,
and asking the release of Marylanders arrested for trespassing
on said line: |
_ Resolved by the house of delegates (the senate concurring),
That the governor of the commonwealth be and he is hereby
authorized to discharge from arrest the citizens of Maryland
who were arrested tor violation of the laws of Virginia, in
trespassing upon her territory and gathering oysters within her
boundaries, and to release the vessels seized.