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umes as it wishes for its members and exchanges at the 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 fur-
ther, 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 said society be, and it is hereby authorized, with-
ont being required to pay therefor, to send a copy of each of
the volumes that have been or may be published to the respec-
tive State Librarians of the several States of the Union, and
also to each of the Circuit Courts of the several counties of
the State, to the Court of Appeals, the Land Office, the Library
Company of the Baltimore Bar, and such library or. historical
association as may be approved by the Maryland Historical
Society, and said society shall make report to the next General
Assembly of the progress of the work and of all receipts and
disbursements under this Act.

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

Approved April 1, 1910.

CHAPTER 308.

AN ACT to appropriate $5,500 for extraordinary repairs to
the Maryland State Normal School Building, Baltimore,
same having become necessary for the safety and protection
of said building.

Whereas, The boilers and entire heating plant in said build-
ing were examined and pronounced unsafe by an architect
employed by the State Board of Education, and also inade-
quate to heat the additional rooms required for the practice
department; and,

Whereas, It became necessary, on account of the overcrowded
and unsanitary conditions, to abandon the poorly lighted rooms
in the basement of said building, used by the children of the
practice department, and to provide additional rooms for said
department, all of which has cost f 10,590; and

Whereas, For the further protection of said property of the
State of Maryland, it will be necessary to spend an additional
f 1,000 in repairs to the roof of said building; and,

Whereas, The State Board of Education has, with moneys
saved from the appropriation for maintenance of said school,
been able to pay one-half the cost of said extraordinary
repairs.