2d Session. DUTIES ON TOBACCO-FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN. RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY, IN RELATION TO The duties imposed on tobacco by France and England. APRIL S, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. Whereas the Legislature of Kentucky are duly sensible of the growing importance of our tobacco trade, and that foreign Governments still continue to exact unjust and enormous duties on that article; therefore, Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be earnestly requested to urge a restrictive duty on French and English importations, corresponding with the duty imposed by the French and British Governments on tobacco of American growth. Resolved, That the Governor of this Commonwealth be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to his excellency the President of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved March, 3, 1842. By the Governor : C. S. MOREHEAD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. R. P. LETCHER. JAMES HARLAN, Secretary of State. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SIR: I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of "preamble and resolutions in relation to the duty imposed on tobacco by France and England," passed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. J. R. UNDERWOOD. R. P. LETCHER. 2d Session. ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. RESOLUTION or THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE, IN RELATION TO Fixing the time for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President. APRIL 11, 1842. RESOLVE IN RELATION TO FIXING THE TIME FOR THE CHOICE OF ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their influence for the passage of a law requiring the elections for the choice of electors of President and Vice President, in all those States in which said electors are not chosen by the Legislature, to be holden on the same day. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 16, 1842. Read and passed. SIR: I have the honor to transmit you, herewith, a copy of a resolve entitled "Resolve in relation to fixing the time for the choice of electors of President and Vice President," adopted by the Legislature on the seventeenth instant. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. Hon. NATHAN CLIFFORD, P. C. JOHNSON, Secretary of State. Washington, D. C. |