1712 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 980

other information as the State Board of Education
shall prescribe.

177. The Board of Library Trustees may receive, hold
and possess, or sell and dispose of, all such gifts, donations,
devises, bequests, and legacies as may be made to the
County Commissioners, or said Trustees, for the
purpose of establishing, constructing, increasing, or
improving such public library. In all such cases,
the said Board of Library Trustees shall act as
trustees and shall have control of such gifts, devises,
bequests, and legacies, and may apply the proceeds, inter-
ests, rents, and profits accruing therefrom, in such manner
as will best promote the usefulness of such library, provided,
however, that the application of such proceeds, interests,
rents, and profits accruing therefrom shall be according to
the terms and conditions of such gifts, donations, devises,
bequests, and legacies. The Treasurer of the Board of Li-
brary Trustees must be adequately bonded.

178. Every library established or operating under this
sub-title shall receive from the State a copy of the laws,
journals, and other books published by authority of the
State, except the Maryland Law Reports.

179. Every person who shall steal or unlawfully take
or detain, or who shall mutilate, injure or disfigure by writ-
ing, marking, cutting, tearing, or otherwise, any book, map,
picture, engraving, manuscript, or other property of any
public library, circulating library, or library belonging to
the State of Maryland, or to any municipality, or public
body, or incorporated institution, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars, said fine to be used for the benefit
of the library, or be imprisoned for not more than three
months, or, in the discretion of the court, may be both fined
and imprisoned as aforesaid.

180. All real estate acquired for the use and benefit of
any library and reading room established as aforesaid, and
all property that shall be a part of any such library and
reading room shall be exempt from all State, county, and
municipal taxation. .

181. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
be entitled to benefits under Section 167 (b) of this Article
for the purchase of books for the Enoch Pratt Free Library
in the same manner and to the same extent as any county
having a population of over 200, 000 persons, provided it