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or mislaid by said City officers; he shall also carefully prepare
and keep an index for that purpose of all the books, documents,
records and papers of said library. Room shall be provided in
the City Hall, and properly furnished for the reception and
custody of said library. The salary of the City Librarian shall
be one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable
monthly ; and he shall give a good and sufficient bond, to be
approved as authorized by this Article, in the sum of five thou-
sand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties in the
premises.

197. Each of the departments, sub-departments, municipal
officers not embraced in a department, and special commis-
sions or boards of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall, on or before the first day of December in every year,
furnish to the City Librarian a schedule of all stationery and
printed matter, which may be required for the use of such de-
partments, sub-departments, municipal officers and commis-
sions or boards for the year commencing on the first day of
January thereafter. It shall be the duty of the City Librarian
twenty days prior to the first day of January in each year, to
advertise for proposals for furnishing all such stationery and
printed matter as may be required by the respective depart-
ments, sub-departments, municipal officers and commissions
or boards of the City, except stationery for the public schools,
for the ensuing fiscal year. No proposals shall be received from
any but those actually engaged in the printing and stationery
business in Baltimore; such proposals, when received, shall be
opened, and the contracts awarded in the manner now or which
may hereafter be prescribed by ordinance; the right to reject
any bid that shall not be deemed for the best interest of the City
is hereby reserved. All contracts which may be awarded in pur-
suance of the provisions of this section shall contain a clause
stipulating that any stationery or printed matter which may be
required for the use of any department, municipal officers and
commissions or boards aforesaid of the City, over and above
the quantity specially designated in said contracts, shall be fur-
nished by the contractors at the same rate charged for articles
which are specifically mentioned in said contracts, and if any
supplies are required which are not mentioned in said contract