Ordered, therefore, That a committee of five members be
appointed by the Chair, with instructions to report a bill,
based as nearly as may be, upon the principles contained in
the foregoing resolutions, and report the same to the
consideration of this house.

Such was the first movement on the subject. At the next session of
the legislature Mr. Brawner presented the report of the committee,
some of the extracts from which he (Mr. T.) would read:--

The committee to whom was referred the several memorials from
numerous citizens in this state, upon the subject, of the
colored population, Report,--

That the views presented by the memorialists are various, and
the recommendations contained in some of the memorials are
entirely repugnant to those contained in others. The
subjects, however, upon which legislative action is required,
may be embraced under a few general heads:

First, That a law be passed prohibiting the future
emancipation of the slaves, unless provision be made for
their removal from the state.

Secondly, That a sum of money adequate for the attainment of
the object, be raised and appropriated for the further
removal of those already free.

Thirdly, That a system of police be established, regulating
the future conduct and morals of this class of our
population.

And, Fourthly, There are several memorials from different
parts of our state, signed by a numerous and highly
respectable portion of our citizens, recommending the entire
abolition of slavery in the state.

On the 14th of March, 1832, the State Legislature of Maryland
appropriated for the use of the State Colonization Society the sum
of two hundred thousand dollars, payable in sums of twenty thousand
dollars per annum for ten years. Having made the grant, the
legislature next proceeded to pass acts to obtain the consent of the
colored population to quit the state and country, and emigrate to
Africa. He (Mr. T.) claimed special attention to some short extracts
from those laws. They would reveal more powerfully than any language
of his, the benevolent or rather atrociously cruel designs of the
'good people' of the state. He should quote first from 'An Act
relating to Free Negroes and Slaves,' passed within a few days of the
grant and part and parcel of the same benevolent scheme:--

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of M