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and numerous county histories, family genealogies,
and research guides.

Additional items of interest are the Library's
holdings of rare books and early Maryland maps
and documents, including the subscription edition
of James Audubon's four-volume elephant folio,
Birds of America. Also on display in the Library are
the classic lithograph prints of each of the official
state birds for riiirty-five states and the American
Bald Eagle, commissioned by the Nature Society
and painted by Richard Sloane. The State Law
Library was designated as the official depository for
these prints by the Governor in 1970.

The Library publishes a quarterly list entided
Recent Acquisitions, as well as miscellaneous bibliog-
raphies and a descriptive brochure on the Library

The Library Committee, which acts as the gov-
erning board of the Library, is composed of at least
diree members, appointed by the Court of Appeals.
The Committee's powers include appointment of a
director of the Library, appropriate rule-making,
and purchase authorization for new tides (Code
Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, secs. 13-
502,13-503).