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they shall be furnished at the lowest market rates. It shall be
the further duty of the City Librarian to furnish to each of the
departments of the City, sub-departments, municipal officers
not embraced in a department and special commissions or
boards, from time to time, upon the requisition of the heads of
said departments, sub-departments, municipal officers and
commissions or boards, the stationery and printed matter,
except stationery for the public schools, which may be neces-
sary for the use of said departments, sub-departments, munici-
pal officers not embraced in a department and special commis-
sions or boards, and to keep an accurate account of all supplies
which may be so furnished ; and he shall annually report to
the City Council of Baltimore the quantity of stationery and
printed matter which he shall have furnished to the respective
departments, sub-departments, municipal officers and commis-
sions or boards during the preceding fiscal year, and the
expense of the same.

198. The City Librarian is hereby authorized and directed
to appoint two Assistants, to be known as First Assistant
Librarian and Second Assistant Librarian, who shall perform
such duties as the Librarian shall from time to time prescribe
and direct, and for whose acts the Librarian shall be held
responsible. The First Assistant shall give such bond as pro-
vided by ordinance and approved by the Mayor. In the event
of the necessary absence of the Librarian, from sickness or other
cause, the First Assistant, with the approbation of the Mayor,
shall have full power and authority to perform all the duties of
the Librarian. The salary of the First Assistant Librarian
shall be nine hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly,
and the salary of the Second Assistant shall be seven hundred
and fifty dollars per annum, payable monthly.

199. There shall be opened, under the direction of the City
Librarian, a set of books in which shall be entered all requisi-
tions made upon the City Librarian from the different depart-
ments, sub-departments, municipal officers and commissions
or boards of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
from time to time, and each department, sub-department,
municipal officer and commission or board shall be charged
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