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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 622.
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AN ACT to provide for a State subscription to Riley's History
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of the General Assembly of Maryland, from 1637 to 1904,
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inclusive.
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WHEREAS, The history of the General Assembly of Mary-
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Providing for
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land, in the Colonial period, is the annals of a brave, persistent
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a State sub-
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and successful defense of the freemen of Maryland against the
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scription to
Riley's His-
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usurpations and encroachments of British authority, and, in
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tory.
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the Revolutionary epoch, a record of patriotic courage and
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fidelity to duty, and, in the era of our Statehood, a constant
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and unswerving effort to preserve the honor and dignity of
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our State; and
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WHEREAS, The records of the proceedings of the Legislature
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Records of
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that chronicle these honorable and illustrious events are now
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past Legisla-
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inaccessible to the general public, from the fact that few copies
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tures.
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of the proceedings exist, in some cases remaining in rare
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printed volumes, and, in others, on a single written copy; and
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WHEREAS, While these sources of information yet remain
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The basis of a
history.
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they ought to be made the basis of a. history that will" save these
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distinguished and patriotic proceedings of our ancestors to their
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descendants ; and
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Authentic
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WHEREAS, It has been the uniform policy of the State of
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works.
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Maryland to encourage the preparation of authentic works
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upon its history; now, therefore.
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SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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Subscription.
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land, That the State of Maryland hereby subscribes to four
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hundred copies of Riley's History of the General Assembly
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of Maryland, from 1637 to 1904, inclusive, at the sum of three
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dollars per copy.
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Distribution of
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said histories shall be
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histories.
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delivered to the State Librarian for distribution as follows:
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Fifty copies to the Maryland State Library; five copies to the
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Maryland Historical Society; one copy to the Enoch Pratt
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Library; one copy to St. John's College Library; one copy to
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Western Maryland College Library; one copy to Washington
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College Library; twenty-five copies to the School Commis-
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sioners of Baltimore City for distribution to the public school
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libraries of the city ; fifteen copies to the School Commissioners
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of the following counties for distribution to the public school
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libraries of the several counties named : Baltimore, Frederick,
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