ART. 55] LIBRARIAN——STATE. 401

ARTICLE LV.

LIBRARIAN-STATE.

10s. Distribution of Maryland re- ports. 13. Library committee to be ap- pointed by Court of Appeals. Its power and authority.

14. May pass rules and regulations. 15. Vacancy in such committee; how filled.

1890, ch. 619. 1892, ch. 376. 1898, ch. 389.

10 B. The librarian shall distribute one copy of each of the
volumes of the Maryland reports to the comptroller of the
treasury, the treasurer of Maryland and the State tax com-
missioner; and shall transmit a copy of each of the volumes of
the Maryland reports as the same have been or shall hereafter be
received to the library of the bar association of the District of
Columbia, upon condition that the said bar association of the
District of Columbia shall transmit to the State librarian, in
Annapolis, the past reports of the District of Columbia and of
the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia and the cur-
rent volumes of said District of Columbia courts as the same
shall hereafter be published.

1892, ch. 430.

13. The judges of the Court of Appeals, or a majority of
them, are hereby authorized to appoint a committee of three or
more persons, to serve without compensation, who shall have the
power and authority to purchase from time to time such books,
maps and periodicals as they may deem advisable for the use of
the State library, and said committee may draw on the treasurer
of the State from time to time for such sums of money as may
be necessary to pay for said books, maps and periodicals, not to
exceed, however, the sum annually appropriated for the augmen-
tation of the State library.

Ibid.

14. The said committee are hereby authorized to pass such
rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and proper for