194 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 82

The Commission shall appoint a competent, qualified
person, to be known as Archivist, who shall have charge
of the active management of the building and its contents;
provided that the Commission shall allot and designate a
portion of the building for the use of the Land Office. The
Commission shall employ such assistants, clerks and other
employees as may be necessary for the work of collecting,
repairing, indexing, copying, filing and preserving the
records, documents, papers, books and other data under
the jurisdiction and supervision of the Commission. The
Archivist, his assistants, clerks and other employees shall
receive such salary or compensation as may be recom-
mended by the Commission and provided in the Budget.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1936.

CHAPTER 82.

AN ACT to provide for the reversion to the General Treas-
ury of the unexpended balance remaining from the appro-
priation contained in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 1931,
for the erection and equipment of the Hall of Records
Building, and to make an emergency appropriation to
complete the Executive Mansion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the unexpended balance remaining from
the appropriation contained in Chapter 253 of the Acts of
1931, for the erection and equipment of the Memorial Hall
of Records shall revert to the General Treasury of the

State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000) or so much thereof as
may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated for the repair, alteration, improvement and equip-