1732 ARTICLE 41

the Court of Appeals, to cause copies thereof to be prepared and certified
under the great seal, and to cause such certified copies to be thereupon
compiled and indexed by some competent person to be appointed by him
for that purpose, and upon the completion of such compilation and index,
to cause all of said certified copies as so compiled and indexed to be forth-
with forwarded to the printer to whom the contract for printing the same
shall have been awarded; and it shall thereupon become the duty of said
printer to print the same promptly in accordance with the terms of his
contract, and to deliver the same when printed to the State Librarian;
and said person appointed by the Governor for said purpose as herein au-
thorized, shall also, in compiling and indexing said laws, make appropriate
reference to all certificates received by him from the Secretary of State,
certifying the outcome of any referendum votes which may have been
taken upon any law passed at the next preceding session of the General
Assembly, and said certificate shall also be delivered by him to the printer
and be included by said printer in the printing of the laws as aforesaid.

Secretary of State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 36. 1922, ch. 29 (p. 43).

65. The Secretary of State shall be assigned to the Executive Depart-
ment. He shall have and exercise the rights, powers, duties, obligations
and functions now or hereafter conferred by law.
See art. 2, sec. 22 and 23, of Md. Constitution.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 37. 1912, art. 85, sec. 1. 1904, art. 85, sec. 1. 1888, art. 85, sec. 1.

1853, ch. 448.

66. The secretary of state¹ shall have a seal for his department for
the authentication of copies of records or papers in his office; but no copy
of a record or paper shall be given out or certified by him of any order,
entry or action of the governor, without the approbation of the governor.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 38. 1912, art. 85. sec. 2. 1904, art. 85, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1805,
ch. 65, sec. 50. 1843, ch. 284, sec. 1.

67. He shall record all commissions to civil officers issued by the gov-
ernor in a book to be kept by him for that purpose and shall transmit the
same to the clerks of the several circuit courts for the counties and of the
superior court of Baltimore City.
See art. 17, sec. 81, et seq.

An. Code 1924, sec. 39. 1912, art. 85, sec. 3. 1904, art. 85, sec. 3. 1888, art. 85, sec. 3.

1852, ch. 172, sec...4.

68. He shall preserve the reports of the clerks of said courts, trans-
mitted to him from time to time, of the qualification of officers and shall
be competent to certify to their character and qualification equally with
the said clerks.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 40. 1912, art. 85, sec. 4. 1904, art. 85, sec. 4. 1888, art. 85, sec. 4.

1874, ch. 483, see. 141.

69. The secretary of state shall furnish to the comptroller, annually,
a list of all officers who have been reported to him by the several clerks as
having qualified by taking the oath of office.

¹ As to the duty of secretary of state to certify nominees for office, see art. 33, sec. 91.
As to his being a member of board of state canvassers of elections, and his duties con-
cerning the records thereof, see art. 33, sec. 131, et.seq.

As to taking of the oath By secretary of state, see art. 70, sec! 2; see also art. 70, sec. 12.