1182 GOVERNOR. [ART. 41

duty; and such rules and regulations, when approved by the
governor, shall become part of the law for the keeping and
guarding of the public buildings and grounds, and shall be
conspicuously posted therein; and any person who shall violate
the same or any part thereof shall upon conviction thereof
before a justice of the peace, be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and fined not more than twenty dollars and costs;
and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall be com-
mitted to the county jail for a period of not less than ten days
nor more than thirty days; provided, that any person so con-
victed shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court for
Anne Arundel county.

1888,'art. 41, sec 21. 1888, ch. 175, sec. 4.

21. All janitors, watchmen, keepers of steam-houses and
furnaces, and all other officers provided for by section 18, and
all laborers and other persons employed permanently or tem-
porarily in and about the public buildings and grounds'under
the provisions of said section shall be under the supervision
of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, and
obey all orders and carry out all instructions by him given in
relation to the care and protection of said public buildings
and grounds.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1886, ch 175, sec. 5.

22. The superintendent of public buildings and grounds
shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the
oath prescribed by the constitution of this State, and also
execute a bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of one
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the
duties imposed upon him by sections 18-21, and for the delivery
to his successor of all movable property belonging to the
State, and said bond shall be filed with the secretary of State.

1892, ch. 325. 1896, ch. 259.

23. The governor is authorized and empowered to employ
such clerical help as may be necessary to assist in the executive
department in preparing and attending to such election busi-
ness as is now, or may hereafter by law be assigned to that
department, or to the secretary of State; and the sum of two
thousand dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such
clerical help.