116                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 63

1.

As used in this article:

(a) The term "public records" when not otherwise specified shall include any
paper, correspondence, form, book, photograph, photostat, film, microfilm, sound
recording, map drawing, or other document, regardless of physical form or
characteristics, and including all copies thereof, that have been made by the State
and any counties, municipalities and political subdivisions thereof and by any
agencies of the State, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions thereof, or
received by them in connection with the transaction of public business, except those
privileged or confidential by law. THE TERM "PUBLIC RECORDS" ALSO
INCLUDES THE SALARIES OF ALL STATE EMPLOYEES, BOTH IN
THE CLASSIFIED AND NON-CLASSIFIED SERVICE, AND ALL
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IN A
CLASSIFIED OR NON-CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 64
(Senate Bill 407)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, without amendments, §155 of Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Governor — Executive and Administrative Departments",
subtitle "The Executive Department", subheading "State Library", to make
clear the legislative intent that this section is properly codified.

WHEREAS, Chapter 672, Laws of 1972, repealed former §155 of Article 41 of
the Code, and enacted a new §155, but omitted an enacting clause mentioning the
new section, and it is deemed desirable to re-enact the section without amendment
to give legislative sanction to its codification.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That §155 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments", subtitle "The Executive Department", subheading
"State Library", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, without amendment,
to read as follows:

155.

(a)     The State Library shall be part of the Executive Department and shall
operate under the supervision of a library committee to be appointed as provided
in this section.

(b)    The judges of the Court of Appeals, or a majority of them, are authorized
to appoint a library committee of three or more persons to serve without
compensation. Said judges are further authorized to fill any vacancy that may
occur in the committee by resignation or otherwise.

(c)   The library committee is authorized to: