1420 LIBRARIAN—STATE. [ART. 55

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 court of appeals of the
District of Columbia and the current volumes of said District
of Columbia courts as the same shall hereafter be published,
and to 'the librarian of the Library Company of the Baltimore
bar such copies of the reports, laws, journals and documents of
the State of Maryland of which he may now have duplicates
and of which he may have duplicates from time to time as new
volumes are published, as can be spared from the State library,
not exceeding in each case two copies of such volumes. The
remainder of said reports shall be deposited in the State library.

1888, art. 55, sec. 12. 1870, ch. 272.

11. The sum of five hundred dollars shall be appropriated,
annually for the purchase of books and maps for the augmenta-
tion of the library, to be expended under the direction of the
committee named in section 12.

1892, ch. 420, sec. 13.

12. The judges of the court of appeals, or a majority of
them, ore 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 appro-
priated for the augmentation of the State library.

Ibid. sec. 14.

13. The said committee are hereby authorized to pass such
rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and proper
for the conduct and management of said library; provided
such rules and regulations be not inconsistent with law.

Ibid. sec. 15.

14. And the said judges of the court of appeals are hereby
authorized to fill any vacancy that may occur in the committee
by resignation or otherwise.