ART. 41] UNIFORM LEGISLATION IN UNITED STATES. 1059

1904, art. 41, sec. 21. 1888 art. 41, sec. 21. 1SSS, ch. 175, sec. 4.

21. All janitors, watchman, keepers of steam-houses and furnaces,
and all other officers provided for by section 18, and all laborers and
other persons employed permanently or temporarily in and about the
public buildings and grounds under the provisions of said section
shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of public buildings
and grounds, and obey all orders and carry out all instructions by
him given in relation to the care and protection of said public build-
ings and grounds.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1888, art. 41, sec. 22. 1888, ch. 175, sec. 5.

22. The superintendent of public buildings and grounds shall,
before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed
by the constitution of this State, and also execute a bond to the State
of Maryland in the penalty of one thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon him by sections
18-21, and for the delivery to his successor of all movable property
belonging to the State, and said bond shall be filed with the secretary
of state.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1892, ch. 325. 1896, ch. 259.

23. The governor is authorized and empowered to employ such
clerical help as may be necessary to assist in the executive department
in preparing and attending to such election business as is now, or
may hereafter by law be assigned to that department, or to the secre-
tary of state; and the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of
such clerical help.

Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation
in the United States.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1896, ch. 264. 1900, ch. 194.

24. The governor shall appoint a board of three commissioners
for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States,
whose duty it shall be to examine the subjects of marriage and divorce,
insolvency, form of notarial certificates and other subjects; to ascer-
tain the best means to effect 'an assimilation and uniformity in the
laws of the States and especially to meet with representatives appointed
by the other States of the Union in a convention to draft uniform laws
to be submitted for the approval and adoption of the several States
and to advise and recommend such other course of action as shall best
accomplish the purposes of this section. They shall hold office for a
term not exceeding four years. No compensation for services shall bo
allowed, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his actual
disbursements for expenses in performing the duties of his office. The
governor shall fill vacancies and reappoint from time to time as may