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after specified, and shall cause to be erected thereon a durable,
modern, fireproof building of adequate proportions and of ap-
propriate design and architecture, to be known as the "Memor-
ial Hall of Records/' in which shall be gathered, placed and pre-
served all ancient public and private records of the Province
and State of Maryland from the beginning of the Province to
the adoption of the Federal Constitution, together with such
others of a like character acceptable to the State of Maryland,
which the City of Baltimore and the several counties of the
State and private individuals may desire or be willing to de-
posit in said building, and to provide and supply said building
with the best equipment of desks, tables, filing cases, chairs,
shelves and stacks and other furniture and facilities necessary
for and adapted to said purpose for the use of custodians, clerks
and all persons desiring to examine and use such records, and
for the repair, preservation, handling and safe-keeping of the
same; the said building, in addition to the special purposes
hereinbefore set forth, may be used for such other purposes as
the Board of Public Works may determine not to conflict with
said purposes. The funds for carrying out all the purposes here-
inbefore specified to be in such amount or amounts as may be
provided by the State of Maryland in the supplemental budget
or in the general construction loan of 1931, or in any subsequent
budget, loan or appropriation by the State. Provided that all
Acts and functions of the Maryland Tercentenary Commission,
under the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the Board of Public Works.

Acts 1935, Chapter 18.

AN ACT to add five new sections to Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Governor—Executive
and Administrative Department," to be under sub-title "Hall
of Records Commission," said new sections to be known as Sec-
tions 87A to 87E, and to follow immediately after Section 87
of said Article, creating a Commission to be known as the Hall
of Records Commission, prescribing its powers and duties, and
providing generally for the collection, custody and preservation