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and discharged from all liability for damages for the non-return of
the same.

ARMORIES.

Art 8 s 1
1785, c 88, s 9.
Governor to ap-
point armorers

28. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall biennially appoint an armorer at Frederick and an
armorer at Easton, to take charge of and keep in repair and fit for
use, all public arms and accoutrements in the armories at those
places respectively.

Id s 2
1830, c 113, s 2
Bond.

29. Each of said armorers, before he proceeds to the execution
of his duties, shall give bond to the State of Maryland with secu-
rity to be approved by the governor, the armorer at Easton in the
penalty of two thousand dollars, and the armorer at Frederick in the
penalty of one thousand dollars, and conditioned for the faithful
discharge of his duties.

Id s S
1830, c 113, s 3
Armorers to re-
port number
and quality of
arms, etc

30, Each armorer shall, on or before the first day of October
annually, report to the adjutant-general the actual state of the
armory under his control, designating in such report the number of
arms and accoutrements, and the fitness or unfitness of any portion
of them for service, and also the quantity of the different materials
of war, with the quality of the same.

Id s 4.
1830, c 113, 8. 6.
Removal of
arms, etc, to be
reported

31. Whenever any arms or accoutrements, or other articles de-
posited in the armories as public property, shall be removed there-
from, the armorer shall immediately report the same to the adjutant-
general, stating the purposes for which they were so removed and
the authority under which he acted.

Id B 6
1838, c 337
Governor may
appoint persons
to take inven-
tory of arms,
etc

32. The governor may, whenever he may deem it necessary,
employ two competent persons in the neighborhood of each of the
said armories, to make out and return to the secretary of state an
accurate inventory of the arms, ammunition and other public prop-
erty therein, together with the condition and value thereof, and

Pay.

the persons so employed shall be entitled to two dollars for each
day they shall be actually engaged in the discharge of said duty.

Id s 7
1788, c 38.
Salary of
armorers.

33. The armorers at Easton and Frederick shall each receive an
annual salary of three hundred dollars.