986 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 444

Printer," and to add to Article 41 of said Code, title "Gov-
ernor,'' a new section to be designated as Section 29 under
sub-title "Publication of Laws," providing for the compila-
tion, indexing and printing of all laws passed by the Gen-
eral Assembly, and certficates showing the outcome of any
referendum votes taken upon legislation previously enacted.

SECTION 1. Be H enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections T, 8 and 9 of Article 78 of Bagby's Anno-
tated Code of Public General Laws, title "Public Printer," be
and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
and the same is hereby added to Article 41 of said Bagby's
Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Governor," under a new sub-heading, to be known as "Publi-
cation of Laws," said new section to be designated as Section 29
and to read as follows:

Section 29. It shall be the duty of the Governor promptly
after his approval of bills passed by the General Assembly, be-
fore delivering: the same, as \vell as the bills which become
law without such approval, to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
to cause copies thereof to be prepared and certified under the
great seal, and to cause such certified copies to be thereupon
compiled and indexed by some competent person to be ap-
pointed by him for that purpose, and upon the completion of
such compilation and index, to cause all of said certified copies
as so compiled and indexed to be forthwith forwarded to the
printer to whom the contract for printing; the same shall have
been awarded; and it shall thereupon become the duty of said
printer to print the same promptly in accordance with the
terms of his contract, and to deliver the same when printed
to the State Librarian; and said person appointed by the Gov-
ernor for said purpose as herein authorized, shall also, in com-
piling and indexing said laws, make appropriate reference to
all certificates received by him from the Secretary of State,
certifying the outcome of any referendum votes which may
have been taken upon any law passed at the next preceding
session of the General Assembly, and said certificate shall also
be delivered by him to the printer and be included by said
printer in the printing of the laws as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon