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THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED TO

EDWARD S. GOSLIN, of Caroline County,

Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Delegates, January Session, 1904

A MAN, DIRECT IN METHODS;

A DELEGATE, BROAD IN STATESMANSHIP;

A CITIZEN, UNIMPEACHED IN VIRTUE;

A LEADER, WISE, POLISHED, UNDAUNTED;

A FRIEND, SINCERE, GENEROUS, IMMOVABLE—

Without whose voluntary and invaluable assistance, this work would never have been written and printed.

ELIHU S. RILEY.

Annapolis, Md., July 20, 1905.