MILITIA 2605

1936 (Sp. S.), ch. 49, sec. 3.

92. The Commission shall have authority to restore, alter, equip and
furnish said buildings, and to preserve, repair and maintain the same and
any. property that may at any time be contained therein, as a monument to
those of the State of Maryland who died in the military service of the
United States or of the Confederate States; and the Commission shall have
authority to establish within said buildings an historical museum and
library, and in their discretion, as the need shall develop, establish a home
for such destitute soldiers, who have served in the army or navy of the
United States, as the Commission may deem worthy of admission, and may
utilize said buildings for such other public, civic or community purposes as
the Commission shall from time to time determine.

1936 (Sp. S.), ch. 49, sec. 4.

93. The cost of repairs and maintenance of the buildings and property
hereby placed in custody of the Commission shall be paid from such appro-
priations as may hereafter be made by the State of Maryland to the Com-
mission for such purposes, and the Commission shall also have authority to
receive private subscriptions and to apply for and receive grants from the
Federal government, or any agency thereof, for such purpose, and the
Commission shall have authority to receive books, military relics and other
objects of historic and military interest as may be appropriate to the insti-
tution of an historical museum and library as hereinbefore provided.