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"Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments", sub'
title "Hall of Records Commission'", said new section to be
known as Section 127B, and to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 127 A of said Article, providing for the disposition of
certain photographed records in the State of Maryland and for
the use of such photographs or copies or enlargements thereof
in evidence.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article 41
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1947
Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative De-
partments", sub-title "Hall of Records Commission", said new
section to be known as Section 127B, to follow immediately after
Section 127A of said Article, and to read as follows:

127B. (a) Whenever any agency, department, board, or com-
mission of the State of Maryland or of any county or incorpo-
rated municipality thereof shall have photographed, photocopied
or microphotographed all or any part of the records kept by it or
under its control in a manner and on film or paper that com-
plies with the standard of quality approved for permanent pho-
tographic records by the Hall of Records Commission, and when-
ever such photographs, photocopies, or microphotographs shall be
placed in adequately accessible containers and provision made for
preserving, examining, and using the same in a manner ap-
proved by the Hall of Records Commission, the head of such
agency, department, board or commission may, with the approval
of the Archivist of the Hall of Records Commission under the
provisions of Section 127A, of this sub-title, cause the original
records from which the photographs, photocopies, or micropho-
tographs have been made, or any part thereof, to be disposed of
as the law provides.

(b) Photographs, photocopies, or microphotographs of any
records photographed, photocopied, or microphotographed as
herein provided shall have the same force and effect as the orig-
inals thereof would have had, and shall be treated as originals
for the purpose of their admissibility in evidence. Certified or
authenticated copies of such photographs, photocopies or micro-
photographs or enlargements thereof shall be admitted in evi'