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ART. XL] GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 289
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ARTICLE XL.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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13-10. Executive officer of department
of legislative reference ; addi-
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tional duties ; compensation ; ex-
penses.
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Department of Legislative Reference.
1916, ch. 474, sec. 1.
15. In addition to the duties to be performed by the Department of
Legislative Reference, as created by Chapter No. 565 of the Acts of 1906
of the General Assembly of Maryland, it shall be the duty of the execu-
tive officer of the Department of Legislative Reference to investigate and
report upon the laws of this and other States relating to any subject
upon which he may be requested so to report by the Governor of Mary-
land, any committee or member of the General Assembly, or the head
of any State Department; to accumulate all data obtainable in relation
to the practical operation and effect of such laws; to investigate and
collect all available information relating to any matter which is the sub-
ject of proposed legislation by the General Assembly; to examine the
acts and records of any State and report the result thereof to the Gov-
ernor, any committee of the General Assembly, or the head of any State
Department requesting the same; to prepare or aid in the preparation
of any bill or resolution when requested so to do by any member of the
General Assembly; to preserve and collate all information obtained,
carefully indexed and arranged so as to be at all times easily accessible
to State officials and open to the inspection of the general public; and
to have an office at Annapolis during the sessions of the General Assem-
bly, in order to facilitate the work of the Department for members of
the General Assembly.
1916, ch. 474, sec. 2
16. For the services to be rendered under the provisions of the
preceding section, the executive officer of the Department of Legislative
Reference shall receive $1,000 per annum; and there is hereby appro-
priated annually the sum of $2,500 to provide for the payment of the
services of the said executive officer and of such assistance and expenses
as may be necessary in performing the duties imposed by the preceding
tection, the same to be payable on the order of said executive officer.
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