PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A

STATE MANUAL,

PASSED APRIL 4, 1898.

On motion of MR. WALBACH, it was

Ordered, That the State Printers, King Brothers, are hereby authorized
and directed to furnish twelve hundred copies of the Maryland Manual
for 1898, and twelve hundred copies for 1899, prepared under the control
and direction of the Secretary of State, the first publication commencing
July 1st, 1898, and the second, December 31, 1899.

The twelve hundred copies of said work shall be printed and
distributed as follows : Two hundred copies, fifty bound in cloth, to the
Executive Department, to be distributed to the several States of the
Union in exchange for similar works published by said States, and to the
Public-Libraries in this and other States, and to officials and citizens of
this State requiring such official information; twenty-five copies bound
in cloth, to the Maryland State Library; eight copies, two of which shall
be bound in cloth, to each of the Senators and members of the House of
Delegates of Maryland; one copy to each of the Clerks of the Circuit
Courts of this State; one copy to each of the Boards of County Com-
missioners of this State.

The said Manual shall contain a complete list of members of the
Senate and House of Delegates of Maryland, with their post office
addresses; the names and addresses of all State and county officers
elected by the people; the names and addresses of all State and county
officers appointed by the Governor and the Board of Public Works; the
names and addresses of all officers elected by the Legislature; a brief
summary of the duties of the several State officers; the official returns
of the election held just preceding the publication of the Manual; a list
of State educational, charitable, reformatory and benevolent institutions,
with the amount appropriated by the State to each; the area, population,
assessable basis and tax rates in the several counties of the State and
the city of Baltimore; the construction of the judicial system of this
State; the official pay table of this State, and such other State informa-
tion as the Secretary of this State may deem proper to have inserted.