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CHAPTER 254.
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AN ACT to provide for the further publication of the
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Archives of Maryland.
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WHEREAS, by chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of
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the acts of the General Assembly passed at the session of
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eighteen hundred and eighty-two the Maryland Historical
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Preamble.
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Society was appointed custodian of the records, Archives
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and ancient documents of the province and State as therein
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provided, on condition that the said society should safely
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keep, properly arrange and catalogue the same, and should
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edit and publish under its supervision such of the same as
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were of historical importance ;
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AND WHEREAS, the said society has on its part complied
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with all the provisions of said act and of subsequent acts
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Preamble.
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and it is proper that the publication of said Archives should
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be continued with diligence and care under the supervision
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of said society, therefore,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the sum of two thousand dollars for each
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Appro-
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year, for the period of two years from this date, be and the
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priation to
Maryland
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same is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to the said
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Historical
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Maryland Historical Society out of any funds in the
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Society.
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treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall be
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paid, one thousand dollars on the first day of June and
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December of the years eighteen hundred and ninety -two and
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eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Archives of Maryland,
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published by the said society with the fund herein provided,
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Subject to
act of 1882.
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shall be subject to the provisions of the act of eighteen hun-
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dred and eighty-two, chapter one hundred and thirty-eight,
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and the society shall make to the next General Assembly
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the report thereby required, provided, that the said Mary-
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land Historical Society is hereby authorized to have enough
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copies of each volume printed to supply the members of the
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society and its exchanges by paying therefor the actual cost
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of paper, presswork and binding the same, and provided,
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further, that ten copies of each volume of the Archives,
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published by said Maryland Historical Society, shall be
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