Excerpt from Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland: To the General Assembly at Its Regular Session, January, 1894 You have assembled in Obedience to the Constitution to make provision for the wants of the government of a great Commonwealth, and to shape, by enactment or repeal of statutory law the material fortunes of our people. Alive, I am sure, to the far-reaching impor tance of your great trust, no words of mine are needed to heighten your inflexible purpose to wisely admin ister this power of the people solely for their advance ment and happiness. I trust that your work will result in the enhancement of the prosperity of the State, and to the benefit, not of a class, but of the whole people. The Constitution of our State imposes upon me the duty of indicating to you at the opening of your session the condition of the State, and of recommending to you such measures as I may deem expedient. In pursuance of this duty, I lay before you the conclusions I have reached in an. Earnest effort to understand the condition of the State in its various departments and institutions, and to discover what, if any, changes will enhance its interests and secure its improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.