1604

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 286

1-109. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RECORDS.

(A)  PRESERVATION AND USE.
THE ARCHIVES MAY:

(1)  REPAIR AND PRESERVE THE RECORDS UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF THE STATE ARCHIVIST, AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE
BUDGET;

(2)  MAKE A COPY OF ANY RECORD IN THE ARCHIVES; AND

(3)  CERTIFY THE COPY.

(B)  INDICES.

THE ARCHIVES SHALL INDEX OR PROVIDE OTHER FINDING AIDS FOR:

(1)  THE HISTORICAL RECORDS ACQUIRED UNDER § 1-110 OF
THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(2)  THE LAND RECORDS IN ITS CUSTODY UNDER § 1-111 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)  FEES.

(1)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THE ARCHIVES MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE FOR
PROVIDING A COPY OF A RECORD AND FOR CERTIFYING THE RECORD.

(2)  IF, WITH THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF A JUDGE OF A
CIRCUIT COURT, THE CLERK OF COURT ASKS FOR A COPY OF A LAND
RECORD THAT A COURT HAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMISSION OR
ARCHIVES, THE ARCHIVES SHALL PROVIDE, WITHOUT CHARGE, A
MICROGRAPHIC COPY OF THE LAND RECORD.

1-110. HISTORICAL RECORDS.

(A)  IN GENERAL.
THE ARCHIVES:

(1)  SHALL COLLECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RECORDS AND
OTHER INFORMATION THAT RELATE TO THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE AND
STATE OF MARYLAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES, INCLUDING CHURCH
RECORDS AND NEWSPAPERS;

(2)  MAY EDIT AND PUBLISH THESE RECORDS; AND

(3)  SHALL ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF THE
STATE.

(B)  JURISDICTION.