230 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 159

six months from the time when the same shall have been de-
termined. The reports in all cases shall be limited to a state-
ment of the material facts, the principal points and authorities
cited by the respective counsel, the opinions of the court, and
an abstract or headnote of the points decided; and each
volume of said reports shall also contain a list of cases therein
reported, a list of cases decided in the period embraced in the
volume designated by the court not to be reported, and a
copious index. The reporter shall, in the usual manner of
authors, superintend the publications, correction and proof
reading of such reports, and shall secure the copyright for the
State of Maryland and as its property; and in addition to his
aforesaid salary shall receive such sum as may be provided
in the State Budget for clerical assistance. The cost of ad-
vertising for proposals for the publication of said reports
shall be paid by the Comptroller upon the presentation of
properly authenticated vouchers. The Clerk of the Court of
Appeals shall promptly deliver to the State Reporter accurate
typewritten copies of all the opinions of the Court of Appeals,
to be paid for by the said clerk out of the fees of his office.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 29, 1947.

CHAPTER 159.
(Senate Bill 102)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 23 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Cor-
porations", sub-title "Meetings", said new Section to be
known as Section 20 1/2, and to follow immediately after
Section 20 of said Article, relating to meetings of cor-
porations having no capital stock, and to repeal Section
29A of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Corporations", sub-title "Amend-
ment after Organization", as said Section was enacted
by Chapter 993 of the Acts of 1945, said Section relat-
ing to the amendment of charters of non-stock corpora-
tions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),