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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To compile
records of
soldiers,
sailors, and
marines.

records of the several commands, and the individuals thereof,
of Maryland soldiers, sailors and marines serving as a part of
the quota of the State of Maryland in the Army and Navy
of the United States during the late Civil War; and, in case
of any deficiency in the record of any individual or command
in the Adjutant General's office, they shall be empowered to
complete the said deficient records from the records of the
War and Navy Departments of the United States, for which
purpose the Governor shall, at the request of the said commis-
sioners, make requisition for the desired information upon the
secretaries of the said departments, in accordance with exist-
ing laws.

To employ
clerical -aid

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall
be empowered to employ such clerical aid and purchase such
' stationery as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this act, the same to be paid for from the appropriation here-
inafter provided for. They shall also be empowered to deposit
with the War and Navy Departments of the United States,
in accordance with existing orders of the said departments,
such a sum of money, to be taken from the appropriation here-
inafter provided for, as may be required by the Secretaries
of the said War and Navy Departments, to secure the United
States from liability for any expense incurred in copying and
completing from their records, the deficient records of Mary-
land soldiers, sailors and marines, as provided for in section
2 of this act.

Records to be
printed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said commissioners, upon
the completion of the said record, shall be empowered to have
printed and bound, in two or more volumes, one thousand cop-
ies of the same, together with a brief history of each command,
to be distributed as follows: 300 copies to the headquarters of
the Department of Maryland, Grand Army of the Republic,
for distribution to the several Grand Army Posts in the State;
2 copies to each public library and school library in the State ;
1 copy to the Adjutant General of each of the United States,
for each State Library; 10 copies to the Congressional Library
at Washington, D. C. The balance of the copies to be depos-
ited with the State Librarian at Annapolis, for distribution as
may be deemed proper, by the Adjutant General of the State.

Appropria-
tion.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the
same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the provisions of this