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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 41.
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AN ACT to provide for the further publication of the archives
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of Maryland.
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WHEREAS, By Chapter 138 of the Acts of the General As-
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Maryland His-
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sembly of Maryland, passed at the session of 1882, the Mary-
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torical Socie-
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land Historical Society was appointed custodian of the record's,
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ty.
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archives and ancient documents of the province and State as
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therein provided, on the condition that said Society shall safely
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keep, properly arrange and catalogue the same, and shall edit
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and publish, under its supervision, such of the same as were
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of historical importance; and.
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Province of
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WHEREAS, Said Society, out of its own means, has con-
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Maryland
records.
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structed an expensive vault for the safe keeping of said records.
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and has, on its part, complied with all the provisions of said
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Act and subsequent Acts, and it is proper that the publication
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of said archives should be continued with diligence and care
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under the supervision of said Society; and,
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Parts of an-
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WHEREAS, There exists several and considerable portions
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cient docu-
ments miss-
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of the said records, archives and ancient documents, whereof
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ing.
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there is no copy whatsoever in the possession or under the
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control of the State or any officer or agent thereof, as set
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forth in the report made by said Society to this General As-
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sembly; which said missing portions the said Society has as-
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certained to exist in the Public Record office in London; and
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it is desirable in order to have the said archives and ancient
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documents of the State made complete by the transcribing
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and copying thereof, that the same may be published in their
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due sequence; therefore,
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Money to be
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
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paid for safe-
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land; That the sum of two thousand dollars for each year for
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keeping of
same.
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the period of two years from this date be and the same is here-
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by appropriated and shall be paid to the said Maryland His-
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torical Society out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
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appropriated, which sum shall be paid, one thousand dollars
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on the first day of June and December of the years 1904 and
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1905.
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To buy and
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the archives of Maryland
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sell old docu-
ments.
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published by said Society, with the funds herein provided, shall.
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as provided by the Act of 1882. Chapter 138, be the property
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of the State; provided, that said Society may purchase such
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volumes as it wishes for its members and exchanges at the cost
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of paper, presswork and binding, and shall be authorized to
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