ART. 55.] LIBRARIAN — STATE.

81

17. The honorable George Brent, associate judge
of the court of appeals, J. Shaaff Stockett, state re-
porter, and Arthur W. Machen, of Baltimore city,
are hereby appointed a committee, to serve with-
out compensation, with full power and authority
to examine into the condition of the state library,
and to select some competent person to prepare,
under their direction and supervision, a catalogue of
the books, maps, &c., belonging to said library, and
to have two hundred copies of the same printed;
and the person selected to prepare such catalogue
shall also prepare a list of such books as may be
properly removed from the library room and stored
elsewhere in some safe and convenient place, and also
such others as in his judgment may be advantageously

Committee to
prepare cata-
logue.

disposed of by sale or otherwise, which disposition the
committee is hereby authorized to make as may be
deemed by them most expedient ; should such books,
however, be sold, the proceeds arising therefrom shall

May sell books

be expended in the purchase of other books, to be
selected by the committee, for the increase of the
library, and the committee shall purchase, from time
to time, such books and maps for the augmentation
of the library as in their judgment may be deemed
advisable, and they shall have the library-room re-
furnished and refitted ; and the sum of three thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expense
of carrying out the provisions of this section, and the
said committee, or a majority of its members, may
draw on the treasurer from time to time for such
sums as may be necessary, not to exceed the appro-
priation hereby made, and the sum of five hundred
dollars shall be appropriated annually for the pur-
chase of books and maps for the augmentation of the
library, to be expended under the direction of said
committee.

Purchase
books.

18. The said committee shall establish such rules
and regulations relative to the state library as to
them may seem proper, and may alter and amend

Committee to
establish rules
for library.

the same from time to time, provided such rules and

Proviso.