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authorized and empowered to destroy the same. After such records are destroyed,
the custodian thereof shall file with the Hall of Records a list of all papers, books,
documents and files destroyed and a certificate of destruction. Such lists shall be
retained in the custody of the Archivist and shall be available at reasonable times
to inspection by the members of the public. Nothing in this section shall authorize
the destruction of (a) papers, books, documents or files which have been in custody
for a period of less than three years or such other period as may be expressly
prescribed by statute, (b) public records expressly required by statute to be
maintained permanently, except in those cases where the original record has been
photographed, photocopied, or microphotographed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 11 of this article, provided that the copy or reproduction of
the original record be available upon request in the same manner as the original
record, (c) permanent books of account, (d) the records of any court of record in
this State, except as provided for in Section 1A of Article 17 AND SECTION 150
OF ARTICLE 26 of this Code, (e) the land records recorded by the respective
clerks of the circuit court for the several counties and the clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City (except as provided for in Section 150 of Article 26 of this
Code]; but old records of which accurate transcriptions have been made and placed
in use, under the terms of Article 26, Section 17, and the "housekeeping" records
or the records of internal management of the offices of clerks of court and
registers of wills shall not be considered "records of a court" for the purpose of
this section and Sections 9 and 10 and shall be subject to disposal as described
above, provided, however, that the books, accounts, and records pertaining to the
financial operations of any agency or department, officers, boards and
commissions of the State of Maryland, and of all the clerks of courts, registers of
wills, and all collectors of the State taxes of the State of Maryland, including the
City of Baltimore, insofar as they affect the collection of State taxes, shall not be
destroyed until such time as the requirements of Article 40, Sections 61A to 61E,
inclusive, relating to the audit of such books, accounts and records by the State
Auditor, shall have been complied with.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety and having been passed by a yea. and nay vote supported
by three-fifths of all members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1973.

CHAPTER 28
(House Bill 350)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 63-3(a) of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Montgomery County (1965 Edition, being Article 16 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Montgomery County,"
subtitle "Title III. City, Town and Village Laws," subheading "Subtitle 3.
Villages," providing that vacancies on the citizens' committee may be filled by
appointment of registered and qualified voters, residing in Chevy Chase, Section
5.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 63-3(a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Montgomery County (1965 Edition, being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local