1835. RESOLUTIONS.
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No. 79.
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Passed Mar.31,1836
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Resolution relative to the History of Maryland.
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Resolvedly the General Assembly of Maryland, That
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the donation offered by John Leeds Kerr, of Talbot
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county, of an autograph manuscript of a history of
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Maryland from its first settlement in sixteen hundred
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and thirty-three, to the restoration in sixteen hundred
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and sixty, and of corrections and additions to an in-
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troduction to a history of Maryland, heretofore pub-
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lished by John Leeds Bozman, deceased, together
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with a printed and corrected copy of the said introduc-
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tion, be and the same are hereby accepted for and in
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behalf of the State.
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Resolved, That the Governor and Council be, and
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they are hereby authorised and required by contract,
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upon such terms as they may deem reasonable, to cause
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the said history and introduction, with the corrections
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and additions, notes and illustrations, to be correctly
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printed and published, and in fair and good type, and
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upon proper paper, in two volums octavo, with an in-
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dex to the whole work, and so that the introduction,
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with the notes and illustrations, and that part of the
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manuscript which comprises the corrections and addi-
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tions thereto, inserted in the proper places according
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to the directions and references, shall form the first
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volume; and that the history with its notes and illus-
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trations, shall form the second volume; Provided, that
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five hundred copies of the work shall be reserved upon
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any such contract, for the use of the State at such price
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as the said Governor and Council shall deem reasonable.
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Resolved, That six copies of the said work, when so
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printed and published, he neatly bound and presented
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to the said donor.
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