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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 com-
pensation as may be recommended by the Commission and provided in the
Budget.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87C.

125. 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.

126. 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
determine the type and character of records, documents, publications and
other data which it will accept or receive for safekeeping.

The Commission shall have power to acquire by gift, or to purchase with
any funds appropriated or given to it for that purpose, any records, docu-
ments, publications or other material which it may deem worthy of preser-
vation.

1935, ch. 18, sec. 87E.

127. Every State, county, city, town or other public official in the
State, in custody of public records or documents is. hereby authorized, and
empowered, in his discretion, to turn over to the Commission and deposit
for preservation any original papers, official books, records, documents,
files, newspapers, printed books, or portraits, not in current use in his
office, and when so surrendered, and accepted by the Commission, copies
may be made and certified under the seal of the Commission upon appli-
cation of any person, which certification shall have the same force and
effect as if made by the officer originally in charge of same, and the Com-
mission shall charge for such copies the same fees as such officer is allowed
by law to charge, which fees shall be accounted for and paid into the
State Treasury.¹

Maryland Tercentenary Commission.

1931, ch. 487, sec. 1. 1933, ch. 344.

128. The Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of
the founding of Maryland shall be duly and properly celebrated, under
the authority and direction of the Maryland Tercentenary Commission
heretofore appointed, and of such additional members thereof and of such

¹ Sec. 2, ch. 18, acts of 1935, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of
such inconsistency.