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WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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upon between the parties, any portion or portions of
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its turnpike road, for use as a public highway.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That this act shall
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take effect when the same shall be accepted by a
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majority in value of the stockholders of the Presi-
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How effective.
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dent, Managers and Company of the Baltimore and
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Reisterstown Turnpike Road at any general meeting.
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Approved March 30, 1882.
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Chapter 138.
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AN ACT to provide for the preservation, arrange-
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ment, publication and sale of Ancient Documents
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pertaining to Maryland.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the Commissioner of the
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Land Office be and he is hereby authorized and
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directed to deliver at Annapolis, to the Maryland
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Historical Society or to its agent, all the records,
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archives and ancient documents of the province and
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Deliver un-
dent docu-
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State of Maryland of any date prior to the acknowl-
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ments.
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edgment of the independence of the United States
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by Great Britain, and to keep a list thereof; and
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that any and all public officers in whose possession
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any of such records, archives and documents afore-
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said may be, are hereby authorized and directed to
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deliver the same to the said Maryland Historical
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Society as aforesaid, and to keep a list thereof; and
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that the said Maryland Historical Society is hereby
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declared to be the custodian of such records, archives
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Custodian of
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and documents, theState of Maryland remaining the
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records.
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owner thereof; provided that the said Maryland His-
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torical Society shall be understood, by the receiving
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and giving receipt for records, archives and docu-
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ments aforesaid, to agree that such records, archives
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and documents shall be safely kept, properly ar-
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ranged and catalogued, and that such of them as
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are of historical importance shall be edited and
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published under the supervision of said society;
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and provided that said records shall at all times be
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accessible to the inspection of any citizen of this
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State free of all charges and fees.
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