JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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the State or government of its incorporation would require of
a like Maryland company before such non-resident company
shall be entitled to do business in the State of Maryland, and
all laws or parts of laws inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Act or any part of this Act, be and they
are hereby repealed, in so far as they or any of them or any
part of them so conflict and no further.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on and after the date of its passage.
Approved January 28, 1902.
CHAPTER 2.
AN ACT to provide for the Further Publication of the
Archives of Maryland.
WHEREAS, By chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
session of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the Maryland
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Historical Society was appointed custodian of the records,
archives and ancient documents of the province and State as
therein provided, on condition that said society shall safely
keep, properly arrange and catalogue the same, and shall edit
and publish, under its supervision, such of the same as were of
historical importance; and
WHEREAS, Said society, out of its own means, has con-
structed an expensive vault for the safe keeping of said records
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and has on its part complied with all its provisions of said Act
and subsequent Acts, and it is proper that the publication of
said archives should be continued with diligence and care
under the supervision of said society, therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the sum of two thousand dollars for each
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year for the period of two years from this date be and the
the same is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid to the said
Maryland Historical Society out of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall be paid one
thousand dollars on the first day of June and December of
the years 1902 and 1903.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the archives of Maryland
published by said society with the funds herein provided shall,
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as provided by the Act of eighteen hundred and eighty two,
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, be the property of the
State; provided, that said society may purchase such volumes
as it wishes for its members and exchanges at the cost of
paper, presswork and binding and shall be authorized to sell
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the State.
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