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retained in the State Library or distributed under the supervision
and direction of the library committee of the Maryland State Library
or may be used by the State Library for exchange purposes.

165. The [Maryland Reports] published opinions of the Court of
Appeals and of the Court of Special Appeals shall be distributed by
the Director in the following manner, that is to say: To the Court of
Appeals, two copies for the office and one for each of the Judges
thereof; to the Court of Special Appeals, two copies for the office
and one for each of the judges thereof; to each of the associate
judges of the circuit courts for the several counties, to the chief
judge and the associate judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, one copy each for the use of their respective offices; to the
clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties and of the City
of Baltimore and the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, the clerk of the Baltimore
City Court, and the clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore, one
copy each; to the registers of wills throughout the State for the use
of the registers of wills and orphans' court, one copy; to the Com-
missioner of the Land Office, one copy; to the executive chamber, one
copy; to the Library of Congress, five copies; to the Enoch Pratt
Free Library of Baltimore City, two copies; to the General Assembly,
eight copies; and to the executive department of each state in the
Union, one copy; to the Comptroller of the treasury, the Treasurer
of Maryland, the Department of Legislative Reference, the police
commissioner of Baltimore City, and the State Tax Commission, one
copy each; and to the librarian of the library company of the Balti-
more Bar, such copies of the [reports] published opinions, law, jour-
nals and documents of the State of Maryland of which he may now
have duplicates and of which he may have duplicates from time to
time as new volumes are published, as can be spared from the State
Library, not exceeding in each case two copies of such volumes. The
remainder of said [reports] published opinions shall be deposited in
the State Library and shall be retained in the State Library or dis-
tributed under the direction of the library committee or may be used
by the State Library for exchange purposes.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That Section 1 of Article 42
of the said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Habeas Corpus",
subtitle "Jurisdiction and Procedure", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 42

1.    Any judge of the circuit courts for the respective counties of
this State, or of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City and any Judge
of the Court of Appeals or of the Court of Special Appeals shall have
the power to grant the writ of habeas corpus, and to exercise juris-
diction in all matters pertaining thereto.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That Section 2 of Article 70
of the said Code (1965 Supplement), title "Official Oaths", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article 70

2.    The Secretary of State, the Judges of the Court of Appeals
and of the Court of Special Appeals and their respective Clerks, the