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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 316
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SLAVERY, IN ORDER TO PRODUCE GUIDES AND MAINTAIN ON-LINE DATABASES OF
RELEVANT HOLDINGS, ESPECIALLY HOLDINGS NOT APPROPRIATELY CATALOGED
AND DOCUMENTED;
(4) IDENTIFY HISTORICAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT
RELATE TO THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND MONITOR THE
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE SITES;
(5) KEEP THE STATE INFORMED OF HOW BEST TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS
AND INITIATIVES TO COMMEMORATE THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, SLAVERY, INDENTURED
SERVITUDE, AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD;
(6) KEEP THE STATE INFORMED OF THE LATEST RESEARCH ON THE
LINGERING PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SLAVERY
AND ITS LEGACY, INCLUDING THE IMPACT ON CRIME AND CRIME CONTROL; AND
(7) WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TOURIST
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO OVERSEE AND MONITOR THE ALLOCATION OF
PUBLIC RESOURCES TO SITES AND UNDERTAKINGS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND
LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND, AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS A FAIR
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND
INSTITUTIONS.
(C) THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF 11 MEMBERS.
(D) THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION INCLUDES;
(1) ONE MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF MARYLAND, APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT;
(2) ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, APPOINTED BY THE
SPEAKER;
(3) THE STATE ARCHIVIST OR A DESIGNEE OF THE STATE ARCHIVIST;
(4) THE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST; AND
(5) THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR:
(I) TWO HISTORIANS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
MARYLAND HISTORY, AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, SLAVERY,
RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE JIM CROW ERA;
(II) TWO ANTHROPOLOGISTS OR SOCIOLOGISTS WHO ARE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY;
(III) TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
ORGANIZATIONS; AND
(IV) A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, WHO SHALL SERVE AS THE CHAIR
OF THE COMMISSION.
(E) (1) THE TERM OF AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IS 4
YEARS.
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