170 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Commissioner of the Land Office for the expenses incurred as
herein provided for.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1908.

CHAPTER 91.

AN ACT to provide for the further publication of the Archives
of Maryland.

WHEREAS, By Chapter 138 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, passed at its session of 1882, the Maryland
Historical Society was appointed custodian of the records,
archives and ancient documents of the Province and State as
therein provided, on the 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 constructed
an expensive vault for the safe keeping of said records, and has
on its part, complied with all the 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; therefor,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of two thousand dollars for each year for
the period of two years from this date, be and the same is
hereby appropriated, and shall be paid to the said Maryland
Historical Society out of any funds in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, which sum shall be paid, one thousand dol-
lars on the first day of June and December of the years 1908
and 1909.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the archives of Maryland,
published by said society, with the funds herein provided, shall
as provided by the Act of 1882, Chapter 138, be the property of
the State; provided that said society may purchase such vol-
umes as it wishes for its members and exchanges at cost of
paper, presswork and binding, and shall be authorized to sell
others at cost; the proceeds of all sales to be added to the
publication fund and used only therefor; and provided further,
that ten copies of each volume of the archives published by the
said Maryland Historical Society shall be bound in cloth and
deposited in the State Library for the use thereof; and that the