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ments of the city, sub-departments, municipal officers not embraced in a
department and special commissions or boards, from time to time, upon
the requisition of the heads of said departments, sub-departments, munic-
ipal officers and commissions or boards, the stationery and printed matter
which may be necessary for the use of said departments, sub-departments,
municipal officers not embraced in a department and special commissions
or boards and to keep an accurate account of all supplies which may be
furnished; and he shall annually report to the City Council of Baltimore
the quantity of stationery and printed matter which he shall .have fur-
nished to the respective departments, sub-departments, municipal officers
and commissions or boards during the preceding fiscal year and the ex-
pense of the same.*

As to powers of Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in relation to contracts
for stationery prior to Act 1906, ch. 111, see Baltimore v. Weatherby, 52 Md. 442,
and cases cited under sections 14 and 15 of the Charter.

1898, ch. 123.

198. The City Librarian is hereby authorized and directed to appoint
two assistants, to be known as First Assistant Librarian and Second As-
sistant Librarian, who shall perform such duties as the Librarian shall
from time to time prescribe and direct, and for whose acts the Librarian
shall be held responsible. The First Assistant shall give such bond as
provided by ordinance and approved by the Mayor. In the event of the
necessary absence of the Librarian, from sickness or other cause, the First
Assistant, with the approbation of the Mayor, shall have full power and
authority to perform all the duties of the Librarian. The salary of the
First Assistant Librarian shall be eleven hundred dollars per annum,
payable monthly, and the salary of the Second Assistant shall be nine
hundred and sixty dollars per annum, payable monthly.

1898, ch. 123.

199. There shall be opened, under the direction of the City Librarian,
a set of books in which shall be entered all requisitions made upon the
City Librarian from the different departments, sub-departments, mun-
icipal officers and commissions or boards of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, from time to time, and each department, sub-department,
municipal officer and commission or board shall be charged with all books,
stationery and printed matter it may receive from said Librarian; there
shall be kept a record of all bids received for books, stationery and printed
matter and of the acceptance or rejection thereof. The City Librarian
shall permit no bid once filed in his office to be withdrawn therefrom.
There shall be copied and filed away all contracts made or entered into
between bidders and the City Librarian; and there shall be annually pre-
pared a general statement of all the transactions of the City Librarian's
office, and presented to the City Council.

*The duties as to purchasing stationery, etc., has been transferred to the Central
Purchasing Bureau. See secs. 195B-195G of this Charter.