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PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 917
Baldwin Cotton proposes to continue the publishing of the same
up to the abolishment of the Prerogative Court in 1777, in five
volumes in addition to those previously subscribed for.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the State Librarian be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to purchase one hundred and fifty copies of the
sixth volume of "The Maryland Calendar of Wills," and to
subscribe for one hundred and fifty copies of each succeeding
volume, each copy to cost three dollars, and the Librarian is.
hereby authorized and directed to draw an order on the Comp-
troller of the Treasury for the sum of four hundred and fifty
dollars for the one hundred and fifty copies of each volume,
when delivered to the Librarian by the said Jane Baldwin
Cotton or her agent; and on receipt of such order the Comp-
troller of the State be and he is hereby authorized and directed
to issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum of
four hundred and fifty dollars, the cost for one hundred and
fifty copies of each volume of said "Maryland Calendar of
Wills," as per order of the State Librarian; provided that only
one volume shall be accepted and paid for in any one fiscal
year; and it is further provided that the remainder of the
indexing shall be completed in not exceeding five volumes.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the State Librarian shall
distribute said books as follows: Two sets to the Governor
of Maryland; two sets to the Land Office; one set to the Register
of Wills of each County in the State and of Baltimore City,
for use in their respective offices and courts, and the remaining
sets to remain in the State Library for exchange with other State
Libraries for similar publications, retaining not less than five-
volumes of each set for the use of the State Library.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 13th, 1914.
CHAPTER 537.
AN ACT to authorize and empower William T. Johnson to con-
struct a wharf on the west side of Fishing Bay at Hollands
Point on Goose Creek, in Dorchester County, near the end of
the County Roads on lands belonging to said William T.
Johnson and Mrs. Mary O. Robinson.
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