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An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1922, ch. 390, sec. 5.

5. The Board shall procure and use an official seal, which shall con-
tain the words "Maryland State Board of Censors," together with such
design engraved thereon as the Board may prescribe.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 6. 1922, ch. 390, sec. 6.

6. The Board shall examine or supervise the examination of all films
or views to be exhibited or used in the State of Maryland and shall approve
and license such films or views which are moral and proper, and shall dis-
approve such as are sacrilegious, obscene, indecent, inhuman or immoral,
or such as tend, in the judgment of the Board, to debase or corrupt morals
or incite to crimes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 7. 1922, ch. 390, sec. 7. 1929, ch. 555, sec. 7.

7. Upon each film which has been approved by the Board, there shall
be furnished by the Board, the following certificate or statement: "Ap-
proved by the Maryland State Board of Censors No............" and the

Board shall also furnish a certificate or license in writing to the same
effect, which certificate shall be the license for such film unless and until
the same shall be revoked by said Board, and said certificate or license shall
be exhibited by the holder thereof to any member of the Board or employee
thereof upon demand. In the case of motion pictures, such statements
shall be shown on the screen to the extent of approximately four (4) feet
of film. Upon each film examined and approved by the Board, and upon
each duplicate or print thereof, the Board shall stamp, by perforation or
otherwise, the serial number and such other initials, words or designs as it
may prescribe, the serial number to correspond to the number on the cer-
tificate of approval issued by the Board to be shown upon the screen. In
the case of slides or views, the Board shall furnish in writing a similar
certificate or license and each set of views shall have at least two slides or
views shown with a similar statement. Upon satisfactory proof being sub-
mitted to the Board that the certificate of approval attached to any film
that has been examined and approved by the Board, has been lost, muti-
lated or destroyed, the Board shall have power in its discretion, and upon
payment in advance of the fee prescribed by Section 11 of this Article, to
issue a duplicate certificate of approval. Any certificate or license issued
as herein provided may be revoked by the Board for any reason which
would have justified the Board in refusing to issue such license, or for any
violation of law by such applicant in securing such license, or in advertis-
ing or using the film or view so licensed. Thereafter any such film may
again be submitted to the Board for approval and license.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1922, ch. 390, sec. 8.

8. The Board shall keep a record of all examinations made by it of
films or views; noting on the record all films or views which have been
approved, and those which have not been approved, with the reason for such
disapproval.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 9. 1922, ch. 390, sec. 9.

9. The Board shall report, in writing, annually, to the Governor, on
or after the first day of November of each year. The report shall show:

1. A record of its meetings, and a summary of its proceedings during
the year immediately preceding the date of the report.