EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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to the State of Maryland in the sum of ten thousand dollars,

shall receive the contract for the publication of such Code of

Public General Laws, and if the said Code of Public General

Laws when published by said publisher shall be approved by

the commission hereinbefore provided for, the said publisher

shall be paid for the same by the State of Maryland, on the

order of the Comptroller to the Treasurer of the State, out

of such funds of the State as have not been otherwise ap-

propriated. The said State Reporter and Codifier shall provide

in like manner, from time to time, according to need, for the

codification and publication of a Code of Public Local Laws

Codification

of the State, but may have the same printed collectively or

and publica-
tion.

separately for the several counties in such paper binding as

he may deem for the best interest and advantage of the

people of the State.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That immediately upon the com-

pletion of the Code of Public General Laws in the year

1910, and decennially thereafter, the same shall be submitted

To be 3ubmit-
ted to State

by the State Reporter and Codifier to a commission to be

Reporter.

appointed by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and after ex-

amination, if a majority thereof shall so determine, shall cer-

tify the said Code to be authentic, and upon said certification

the same shall be received in all the courts of this State and

in any other State as evidence of the law of the State of

Maryland.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That after the publication of

such Code or Codes the same shall be placed in the possession

In possession

of the State Librarian, and shall be sold by said Librarian

of State
Librarian.

at a price to be computed from the gross expense of the pub-

lication of said Code or Codes for cash; and the said Libra-

rian shall report to the Comptroller and Treasurer of the

State monthly, giving the number of Codes sold by him during

the preceding month and such sums of money as he may have

received from the sale of Codes, and the number of volumes

of said Codes still in his possession.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 329.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section

270GG, title "Nominations ;" Sections 270QQ, 270RR,

270TT, sub-title "Ballot and Ballot Boxes," and Sections