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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Basement
of State

ment of the State House and annex thoroughly cleaned, and

House.

all books and records therein of value to be stored in proper

places of deposit ; and such books and papers as said board,

after due examination, shall not deem worthy of preser-

vation it shall cause to be sold, and the proceeds of such

sale shall be paid into the treasury of the State.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said board of public

Furniture.

works is hereby authorized to have the furniture and hang-

ings of the Executive Chamber repaired or replaced with

new furniture and hangings in such manner as it may deem

necessary for the comfort of the occupants thereof.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the secretary of the

Secretary

State Board of Health be and he is hereby directed to act

of Board of
Health.

with the said Board of Public Works in all matters men-

tioned in the preceding section of this act which have

reference to the ventilation and sanitary condition of the

State House or any part thereof, and the building referred

to and provided for in this act which is to contain said

water-closets.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That fifteen thousand dol-

Appropria-

lars or so much thereof as may be necessary be and it is

tion

hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30th, 1892.

CHAPTER 247.

AN ACT authorizing the treasurer to pay to the personal

representative of the late John S. Gittings, deceased, the

amount of a bond or bonds, certificate or certificates,

which the State has called for redemption, and which is

claimed to have been lost.

WHEREAS, it appears from the dividend books, that two

thousand dollars of the State debt were issued under chapter

Preamble

302 of 1837, to the late John S. Gittings in trust, and that

interest has been regularly paid thereon to him or his per-

sonal representatives.

AND WHEREAS, John S. Gittings, administrator de bonis

non, cum testamentum annexo, of the late John S. Gittings,

Preamble.

deceased, claims that the State's bond or bonds, certificate

or certificates, for said sum has been lost or misplaced, and