1218                      LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 487

said Commission or Committee shall design, lay out and grade
said area between the western line of the church lawn and
cemetery on the east, and the low water line of Saint Mary's
River on the southwest and the' north (the same being known
as Church Point), as a public park with shrubbery, trees and
flowers, and with such breakwaters, lakes, drains, water courses,
roads or walks and steps as will afford good and convenient
ways through said park and approaches to the said memorial
and to the Leonard Calvert Monument in or near said Ceme-
tery, and the granite markers indicating the site of the first
Capitol of Maryland, heretofore erected by the State. And,
further, as incident to the said commemoration of the three
hundredth anniversary of the founding of Maryland, the Board
of Public Works shall acquire by purchase, condemnation, gift
or otherwise such lot or lots, or parcels of ground, in the City
of Annapolis, Maryland, within the vicinity of other public
buildings in said City as, in the judgment of said Board of
Public Works, may be best suited for the purpose hereinafter
specified, and shall cause to. be erected thereon a durable,
modern, fireproof building of adequate proportions and of
appropriate design and architecture, to be known as the
"Memorial Hall of Records, " in which shall be gathered,
placed and preserved all ancient public and private records
of the Province and State of Maryland from the beginning
of the Province to the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
together with such others of a like character which the City
of Baltimore and the several counties of the State and pri-
vate individuals may desire or be willing to deposit in said
building, and to provide and supply said building with the
best equipment of desks, tables, filing cases, chairs, shelves
and stacks and other furniture and facilities necessary for and
adapted to said purpose for the use of custodians, clerks and
all persons desiring to examine and use such records, and for
the repair, preservation, handling and safe-keeping of the
same; the said building, in addition to the special purposes
hereinbefore set forth, may be used for such other purposes as
the Board of Public Works may determine not in conflict with
said special purposes. The funds for carrying out all the
purposes hereinbefore specified to be in such amount or
amounts as may be provided by the State of Maryland in the
supplemental budget or in the general construction loan of
1931, or in any subsequent budget, loan or appropriation by
the State. Provided that all Acts and functions of the Mary-