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the Director or any employee of the Department shall violate
any provision of this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
f 1, 000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both,
in the discretion of the Court.

All contracts for printing for the State or for any using
authority, including the General Assembly of Maryland, with
the exception of records and briefs for the State Law Depart-
ment, and the printing of the Maryland Reports authorized
in Article 80 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Re-
porter and Codifier—State", shall be made through or with
the approval of the Director.

On or before September 1st prior to the reconvening of
each session of the General Assembly, the Director shall ob-
tain from the President and Secretary of the Senate, and from
the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates, esti-
mates of materials, supplies and equipment needed during the
session; and the Director shall contract for the purchase of
such supplies and equipment, including all printing needed
by the General Assembly.

It shall be the duty of the Director to report his action
in regard to materials, supplies and equipment for the Gen-
eral Assembly to the presiding officer of each House on the
first day of session.

25. In purchasing materials, supplies and equipment for
the using authorities, the Director shall give a preference to
products manufactured or produced in Maryland, except
when in the judgment of the Director such purchases would
operate to the disadvantage of the State.

26. The Director shall prepare such reports and make such
studies and perform such other duties as the Governor may
direct, and shall furnish to the using authorities copies of
awards for any and all materials, supplies, and equipment
requisitioned by them.

SEC. 6. And be It further enacted, That five new sections
be and the same are hereby added to Article 78A of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1935 Suppl. ) title "Public Works
—Board of", said new sections to be known as Sections 1, 2, 3,
4 and 5, and to read as follows:

1. The Board of Public Works, as constituted under Arti-
cle XII of the Constitution, and Section 94 of Article 41 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, shall have and
exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated to it from
time to time in regard to the creation of State debt, the fixing