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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 779

CHAPTER 779.
AN ACT to appropriate the sum of sixty-five thousand
dollars for the use of the commissioners appointed by the
Governor, under the authority conferred on him by Joint
Resolution No. 5 of the Acts of 1904, and to enable them
to have the State of Maryland suitably represented at the
Jamestown Exposition in the year 1907, and to authorize
the Governor to enlarge said commission.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, By Joint Resolution No. 5 of the General
Assembly of Maryland, in the Acts of 1904, the Governor of
the State was authorized to appoint (13) commissioners to
represent this State at the Jamestown Exposition, to be held
in the year 1907, and said commissioners, after visiting the
grounds, have reported favorably upon the position assigned
to the State of Maryland, and upon the progress of the work
in preparing for said exposition; and
WHEREAS, The cordial relations existing between the people
of the States of Maryland and Virginia, and the numerous ties,
both of friendship and trade, which bind them together, justify
a liberal response on the part of this State in contributing to
the success of an exposition which is commanding world-wide
attention, and enlisting the active support of the National
Government and of the States of the Union; and
WHEREAS, It is desirous that the commission having the
interests of the State in charge be representative and influ-
ential, now therefore :
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Number of
commis-
sioners
increased.

land, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized, in
his discretion, to enlarge the number of commissioners
appointed under authority by Joint Resolution No. 5 of the
General Assembly, Acts of 1904, to the number of twenty-
five; and also to appoint an auxiliary commission of five
women to assist said commission in the discharge of their
duties.
SEC. 2. And be it, enacted, That the sum of sixty-five

Appropriation
made.

thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
be and is hereby appropriated to said commission, to be used
for the purpose set forth in the preamble of this Act, and the
Comptroller of the State is hereby authorized and directed
to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State, for the