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An. Code, 1924, sec. 85. 1912, art. 55, sec. 14. 1904, art. 55, sec. 14. 1892, ch. 420, sec. 15.

120. And the said judges of the court of appeals are hereby authorized
to fill any vacancy that may occur in the committee by resignation or
otherwise.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 86. 1912, art. 55, sec. 15. 1904, art. 55, see. 15. 1900, ch. 271, sec. 2.

1939, ch. 413.

121. The library committee created by section 117 of this article, is
authorized and empowered to appoint a person as Law Librarian of the
state library who shall hold his office at the pleasure of said committee and
who shall receive such salary as shall be provided in the State Budget,
payable in monthly instalments by warrant of the comptroller upon the
treasurer. It shall be the duty of the said Law Librarian to perform such
services as shall be required of him by the said library committee.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 87. 1912, art. 55, sec. 16. 1906, ch. 50.

122. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate,
is authorized and empowered to appoint a person as custodian of works of
references, who shall hold office for a period of two years or until the
appointment of a successor; who shall receive an annual salary of seven
hundred and twenty dollars, payable monthly in instalments by warrant
of the comptroller upon the treasurer. It shall be the duty of the custodian
of works of references to attend daily at the library during such hours as
may be fixed by the library committee, and shall perform such duties as
may be required by said library committee and the state librarian.¹

Hall of Records Commission.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87A.

123. There is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Hall
of Records Commission, which shall be composed of the Governor of Mary-
land, 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. 1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 81.

124. 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
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 build-
ing and its contents; provided that the Commission shall allot and desig-
nate a portion of the building for the use of the Land Office. The Com-
mission shall employ such assistants, clerks and other employees as may
be necessary for the work of collecting, repairing, indexing, copying, filing

¹ As to the archives and ancient documents of the province and state, published by
the Maryland Historical Society, see acts 1906, ch. 256, acts 1908, ch. 91, and acts 1910.
ch. 39 (p. 430).