iv Laws of Maryland, January Sessions 1882 and 1884.

custody of said society, and the remaining one thousand dollars
thereof shall be paid upon demand at any time after the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-three ; and pro-
vided that all publications made as aforesaid under this act
shall belong to the State, but may be sold at cost price by the
said Maryland Historical Society, and the proceeds shall be
added to the publication fund established by the appropriation
herein made ; and further provided, that any or all of said

Papers may
be recalled.

papers may be recalled, and shall be returned to the State on
its demand therefor.

Make report
of progress.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said Maryland Historical Society to make report to the next
General Assembly of the progress of the work herein provided
for, and also of all receipts and disbursements made under
this act.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1882.

LAWS OF MARYLAND, JANUARY SESSION, 1884.

CHAPTER 429.

AN ACT to provide for the publication of the Archives
of Maryland.

Preamble.

Whereas the Maryland Historical Society, acting under au-
thority of the act of assembly of eighteen hundred and eighty-
two, chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, has provided a fire-
proof vault for the safe-keeping of the archives and ancient
documents pertaining to the history of the State, and has pub-
lished the first volume of the archives of Maryland ; and where-
as it is proper that the publication of said archives be con-
tinued, with reasonable diligence and care, under the direction
of said society ; therefore

Appropria-
tion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the sum of two thousand dollars for each
year, for the period of two years from this date, be and the
same is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid to the said
Maryland Historical Society out of any funds in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall be paid — one
thousand dollars on the first days of June and December of
the years eighteen hundred and eighty-four to eighteen hundred
and eighty-five, both inclusive.