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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 401.

AN ACT for the subscription by the State to the Maryland

"Calendar of Wills."

The Mary-
land Calen-

WHEREAS, Mrs. Jane Baldwin has had published the first

dar of Wills

volume of "The Maryland Calendar of Wills," from 1635 to

1685, and proposes to continue the publishing of the same up

to the abolishment of the Prerogative Court in 1777, in four ad-

ditional volumes.

State Libra
ian to pur-

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alary-

chase copie
for State,

land, That the State Librarian be and he is hereby authorized

and directed to purchase one hundred and fifty copies of the

first volume of "The Maryland Calendar of Wills," and to sub-

scribe for one hundred and fifty copies of each succeeding vol-

ume, each copy to cost three dollars each, and the Li-

brarian is hereby authorized and directed to draw an order on

the Comptroller of the Treasury for the sum of four hundred

and fifty dollars for the one hundred and fifty copies

of each volume, when delivered to the Librarian by the

said Jane Baldwin or her agent ; and on receipt of such order

the Comptroller of the State be and he is hereby authorized and

directed to issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the

Cost of same

sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, the cost for

one hundred and fifty copies of each volume of said

"Maryland Calendar of Wills," as per order of the State Li-

brarian ; provided, that any three Judges of the Court of Ap-

peals of Maryland shall first certify, in writing, to the said

Librarian that the said "Maryland Calendar of Wills" is a valu-

able publication, and deserves the patronage of the State ; and

it is further provided, that only one volume shall be accepted

Indexing.

and paid for in any one fiscal year ; provided, that the whole in-

dexing shall be completed in not exceeding five volumes.

Distribution

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the State Librarian shall dis-

of hooks.

tribute said books as follows : Two sets to the Governor of

Maryland : two sets to the Land Office ; one set to the Register

of Wills of each county in the State and of Baltimore City, for

use in their respective offices and courts, and the re-

maining sets to remain in the State Library for exchange

with other State libraries for similar publications, retaining not

less than five volumes of each set for the use of the State Li-

brary.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.