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1935, a division was made of these records, providing for the reten-
tion by the Land Office of all materials having to do with land and
the transfer to the Hall of Records of all other records. (Annual
Report and Official Opinions of the Attorney General of Maryland 1935,
271, 281). As a consequence of these opinions there was transferred
on December 4, 1935 a large and important collection consisting
among others of all the records of the Prerogative Court, the Judg-
ment Records of the Provincial Court and of the General Court, the
Judgments of the Anne Arundel County Court, many indexes and
a large number of miscellaneous records especially of the Revolu-
tionary period.

Adjutant General: A large collection of military records dating
from 1794 through the middle of the next century and including the
military registration books of Maryland for the War Between the
States. This transfer was made early in 1936; the exact date is not
on record.

Comptroller of the Treasury: The first large lot of materials
from this office was transferred early in 1936. This collection, going
back to the earliest years of the office, 1851, and including also some
of the records of earlier financial offices, contained about 700 vol-
umes, in addition to many loose papers.

Maryland State Tax Commission: A very large lot was trans-
ferred early in 1936; it consisted of about 500 volumes and 150 file
drawers.

Maryland Historical Society: Perhaps the most valuable, and
certainly the most ancient of the State's records had been placed in
the custody of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore at var-
ious times during the 19th century, the largest lot in 1882. Espec-
ially important among these records were the archives of the Pro-
prietary Government. The first transfer to the Hall of Records was
made late in the fiscal year 1936. (Archives of Maryland Calendar
and Report by the Publication Committee of the Maryland Historical
Society, 1883).

Fiscal Year 1936-1937.

The second fiscal year saw the transfer of equally valuable ma-
terials although, as was to be expected, the initial flood began to
diminish.