FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary

for not less than one year, nor more than three years, or

Penalty.

imprisoned in the jail of the county or the city of Baltimore,

as the case may be in which the offence was committed for

any definite period, not less than six months, and shall be

fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 420.

AN ACT to repeal section thirteen of article fifty -five of the

Code of Public General Laws, title "State Librarian,"

and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to add

two additional sections to said article to be numbered

fourteen and fifteen.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That section thirteen of article fifty-five of the

Amend-

Code of Public General Laws, title " State Librarian," be,

ment

and the same is hereby, repealed and re-enacted so as to

read as follows :

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

Library
committee.

have the power and authority to purchase from "time to time

such books, maps and periodicals as they may deem advis-

able 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 augmentation of the

State Library.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sec-

New

tions, to be numbered fourteen and fifteen, be, and they are

sections.

hereby added to said article fifty-five of the Code of Public

General Laws, namely :

14. The said committee are hereby authorized to pass

such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and