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81. Repealed by ch. 402 of the Acts of 1929.

Hall of Records Commission.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87A.

87A. There is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Hall
of Records Commission, which shall be composed of the Governor of
Maryland, the State Comptroller, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals,
the President of the Johns Hopkins University, the President of St. John's
College, the President of the Maryland Historical Society and the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Institute of Baltimore. The
members of said Commission shall serve without compensation.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87B.

87B. The Commission shall have supervision and control of the Hall
of Records building and shall have authority to equip and furnish the said
building and to preserve and repair the records, documents and archives
placed under its supervision, the cost of same to be paid for out of any
unexpended balance remaining from the appropriation contained in Chap-
ter 253 of the Acts of 1931 for erecting and equipping said building, or
out of any funds which may hereafter be appropriated for that purpose.

The Commission shall appoint a competent, qualified person, to be
known as Archivist, who shall have charge of the active management of
the building and its contents; provided that the Commission shall allot
and designate a portion of the building for the use of the Land Office.
The Commission shall employ such assistants, clerks and other employees
as may be necessary for the work of collecting, repairing, indexing, copy-
ing, filing and preserving the records, documents, papers, books and other
data under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Commission. The
Archivist, his assistants, clerks and other employees shall receive such
salary or compensation as may be recommended by the Commission and
provided in the Budget.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87C.

87C. It shall be the duty of the Commission to have collected old court
records, official documents, records, reports, old newspapers, church rec-
ords, private papers and other historical data pertaining to the history
of the Province and State of Maryland from the earliest times, and to
have said documents, records and material properly repaired, filed, in-
dexed, preserved and, when deemed desirable, copied and/or edited and
published; to encourage historical investigation and research in the history
of the State. All papers, records, relics and other memorials connected
with the early history of Maryland not required for the necessary opera-
tions of any other office, shall be under the supervision of and belong to
said Commission.

1935, ch. 18. sec. 87D.

87D. The Commission shall have power and authority to adopt a seal
for its official use and business, to adopt rules for its own governance and to