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SECRETARY OF STATE.

19 To keep seal for authenticating copies, not to give copies of records, etc, with- out governor's approbation 20 To record civil commissions

21. To preserve reports of clerks of qualifica- tion of officers 22 To report to comptroller list of qualified officers.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE.
23 His duties, salary.

MESSENGER, KEEPER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WATCHMEN, ETC.

24 Governor authorized to appoint a messen- ger, his compensation and duties 25. Keeper of public buildings, etc, his duties

26 Watchmen their duties, etc 27 Keeper of the steam-house, etc, assistant. 28. Salaries

GOVERNOR.
1. The great seal of the State of Maryland shall be in the custody of the secretary of state, but under the control of the governor, who is authorized and required to use the same when proper in all intercourse between this State and the United States, the States and Territories thereof, and foreign states, and in all	Art 42, s. 1 1853, c 131, s 1 Who keeper of the great seal, who to use same and when.
cases provided for by the Constitution and laws. 2. The governor shall not affix the great seal, nor permit it to be affixed, to any document without accompanying the same with his signature.	Id s 2. 1853, c 131, s 2 Seal not to be affixed without signature of governor
3. The governor, on the presentation to him of a patent by the commissioner of the Land Office, certified by said commissioner as proper to be issued, shall be authorized to sign such patent and	Id s 3 1858, c 21 Governor to sign and seal patents
cause the great seal to be affixed thereto 4. The governor is authorized on application to affix the great seal to copies of laws and resolutions, certified by the clerk of the Court of Appeals under his seal to be true copies.	Id s 4 1S53, c 54 To affix great seal to copies of laws and resolu- tions
5. The governor is authorized and required, whenever sentence of death is pronounced on any criminal by the judgment of a court of this State, to issue a warrant to the sheriff of the county or city who ought by law to execute such judgment, ordering and direct- ing the sheriff to execute said judgment at such time as in his warrant he shall appoint.	Id s 6 1795, c 82, s 1 Shall issue death warrant, when
6. The governor, upon giving the notice required by the Consti- tution, may commute or change any sentence of death into confine- ment in the penitentiary or banishment, for such period as he shall think expedient, and on giving such notice he may pardon any person convicted of crime on such conditions as he may prescribe, or he may, upon like notice, remit any part of the time for which any person may be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, on such like conditions, without such remission operating as a full pardon to any such person.	1870, c 306 Upon notice re- quired, may commute sen- tence of death, or may pardon or remit on conditions