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furnished by Maryland during the Spanish-American War.

73. No section or provision of this Article, or any part
thereof, shall be deemed to be repealed, altered or amended
by any statute passed by the Legislature, unless such statute
explicitly refers to this Article as the militia law, or by its
other titles, as part of the general laws of the State, and ex-
plicitly repeals, alters or amends the same or some part
thereof.

74. All enlisted men who qualify in accordance with re-
quirements of the course prescribed by order of the Govern-
ment and Commander-in-Chief in small arms practice shall be
entitled to the following increase in the pay of his grade dur-
ing the year succeeding the season of said qualifications and
beginning on January first following, and, provided, further,
that said enlisted man, qualified as aforesaidi shall be present
at the annual inspection of his organization next succeeding
said qualifications:

Experts, twenty per cent;

Sharpshooters, fifteen per cent;

Marksmen, ten per cent.

75. All armories owned by the State of Maryland, and
all buildings occupied, leased or rented by or in behalf of the
State military forges as may now or hereafter be authorized
by law, shall be under the management and control of the
State Armory Commission hereby created. Said Commission
shall consist of the Governor, the Adjutant General and the
Comptroller. Said Commission shall be vested with the man-
agement, care, control and maintenance of the armories and
other buildings aforesaid, together with all power and au-
thority necessary or desirable for such purposes, and with the
right to make and enforce all reasonable rules and regula-
tions.

Nothing in the Act of 1918, Chapter 143, shall be construed
to interfere with or abrogate the duties or powers of building
Commissions and committees created for the purposes of con-
structing and equipping armories authorized by the laws of
the State. Any monies in the hand of or due to the Board
of Trustees of the Fifth Regiment shall be paid to the State
Armory Commission.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Article
are hereby repealed.