MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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HISTORY AND CULTURE;

(2)    CONDUCT A SURVEY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS,
SITES, ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVES AND REPOSITORIES, AND PUBLISH
AND DISSEMINATE THESE FINDINGS AND INFORMATION;

(3)    UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF
INDIGENOUS AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES INCLUDING BUT NOT

LIMITED TO THE CREES, CREEKS, CHEROKEES, CHIPPEWAS,

CHOPTANKS, DELAWARES, HALIWAS, LUMBEES, NANTICOKES,

PISCATAWAYS, POTOMACS, RAPPAHANNOCKS, SEMINOLES,

SUSQUEHANNAS, AND WICOMICOS, AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON
MARYLAND HISTORY AND CULTURE;

(4)    STUDY THE STATUS OF ALL INDIAN GROUPS,
TRIBES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND
ASSIST THEM IN OBTAINING RECOGNITION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT;

(5)    STUDY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF
INDIANS IN MARYLAND AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
ALLEVIATION OF THESE NEEDS;

[[(6) COORDINATE EXISTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS TO INSURE THAT INDIANS RECEIVE THE
MAXIMUM BENEFIT OF SUCH PROGRAMS;]]

[[(7)]](6) LOCATE, PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND
SITES RELATING TO INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE,
RESPECTIVELY; AND

[[(8)]](7) PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT AND ANY
OTHER MATERIAL IT DEEMS NECESSARY.

(D)    THE COMMISSION MAY SEEK FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS AND PRIVATE SOURCES IN ADDITION
TO STATE FUNDING.

(E)    THE COMMISSION MAY APPOINT AND DETERMINE THE
COMPENSATION OF PERSONNEL IT DEEMS NECESSARY, SUBJECT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OR AS PROVIDED
FOR IN THE BUDGET.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 149
(Senate Bill 991)