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Caivert county, the sum of fifty dollars; those from Caroline
county, the sum of seventy-four dollars; those from Carroll
county, the sum of thirty dollars; those from Cecil county, the
sum of thirty-six dollars; those from Charles county, the sum of
forty-eight dollars; those from Dorchester county, the sum of ninety
dollars; those from Frederick county, the sum of thirty-three dol-
lars ; those from Garrett county, the sum of one hundred and ten
dollars; those from Harford county, the sum of twenty-seven
dollars; those from Howard county, the sum of eighteen dollars;
those from Kent county, the sum of sixty-four dollars; those
from Montgomery county, the sum of twenty-six dollars; those
from Prince George's county, the sum of twenty-five dollars;
those from Queen Anne's county, the sum of sixty-eight dollars;
those from St. Mary's county, the sum of seventy-one dollars;
those from Somerset county, the sum of ninety-two dollars; those
from Talbot county, the sum of eighty-six dollars; those from
Washington county, the sum of forty-nine dollars; those from
Wicomico county, the sum of eighty-six dollars; and those from
Worcester county, the sum of ninety-four dollars.

1868, ch. 70.

2. It shall not be lawful for the State librarian to furnish any
member or officer of the general assembly an amount of station-
ery exceeding in value twenty-five dollars; and any member
or officer may, at his election, take such amount either in
stationery or money, or both, to said amount.

1868, ch. 61. 1884, ch. 400.

3. Whenever the general assembly shall meet, it shall not be
necessary for any officer of the preceding general assembly to be
present, except the chief clerk, reading clerk and door-keeper of
the house of delegates and the secretary and door-keeper of the
senate; and in case of the death or inability to attend of either
the chief clerk of the house of delegates, or secretary of the
senate, the journal clerk shall act in his place; and in the case of
the death or absence of the door-keeper, his assistant shall act in.
his stead, and they shall be paid five days' per diem and mileage,
at the rate of ten cents per mile, for such attendance; and
the payment of any other officer of a preceding general assembly
than those herein enumerated is hereby forbidden.