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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the sum of two
thousand dollars for each year, for the period
of two years from this date, be and the same
is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid to

Appropriation.

the said Maryland Historical Society out of
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated; which sum shall be paid, one thou-
sand dollars on the first days of June and De-
cember, of the years eighteen hundred and
eighty-six, to eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven, both inclusive.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the archives
of Maryland published by the said Society,
with the funds herein provided, shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of the act of eighteen
hundred and eighty-two, chapter one hundred
and thirty- eight, and the Society shall make
to each General Assembly the report thereby
required; provided, that the -said Maryland
Historical'Society is hereby authorized to have
enough copies of each volume printed to sup-

Publication.

ply the members of the Society and its ex-
changes, by paying therefor the actual cost of
paper, press-work and binding the same; and
provided, further, that ten copies of each vol-
ume of the archives published by said Mary-
land Historical Society shall be bound in cloth
and depodited in the State Library for the use
thereof, and that the said Society be and hereby
is authorized, without being required to pay
therefor, to send a copy of each of the volumes
that have been or may be published, to the re-
spective State Libraries of the several States
of the Union.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.