1508 ARTICLE 41.

An. Code, art. 40, sec. 15. 1916, ch. 474, sec. 1.

65. 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 executive
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 Maryland, and any com-
mittee or member of the General Assembly, or the head of any State De-
partment; 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 subject of proposed legisla-
tion by the General Assembly; to examine the acts and records of any State
and report the result thereof to the Governor, 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 Assembly, in order to facilitate the work of the Department for
members of the General Assembly.

An. Code, art. 40, sec. 16. 1916, ch. 474, sec. 2.

66. For the services to be rendered under the provisions of the preced-
ing section, the executive officer of the Department of Legislative Reference
shall receive $1,000 per annum; and there is hereby appropriated an-
nually 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 neces-
sary in performing the duties imposed by the preceding section, the same
to be payable on the order of said executive officer.

1924, ch. 377.

67. It shall be the duty of every officer, board and commission of the
State, including special or temporary officers, boards and commissions, to
file with the Department of Legislative Reference a copy of every regular
or special report issued by him or it, whether such report be in printed or
other form.

Commissioners for Uniform State Laws.

1922, ch. 29 (p. 45).

68. The Commissioners for Uniform State Laws, appointed as at
present, shall be assigned to the Executive Department. They shall have
and exercise the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions now or
hereafter conferred by law; and, in addition, shall report to the Governor
before each session of the General Assembly an account of their transac-
tions, and their advice and recommendations in relation to the subjects
confided to them.