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THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY THE HOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( "HCHS."). BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, YOU (ALSO REFERRED TO AS "USER" OR "USERS") ARE INDICATING YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE. THESE TERMS OF USE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY HCHS AT ANY TIME IN ITS DISCRETION. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AFTER SUCH CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED CONSTITUTES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES. PLEASE CONSULT THESE TERMS OF USE REGULARLY.

If you are visiting this site, you are permitted access to this site for informational purposes only. You may not use this site for any other purpose, without HCHS's express prior written consent. For example, you may not (and may not authorize any other party to) (i) co-brand this site, or (ii) frame this site, or (iii) hyper-link to this site, without the express prior written permission of an authorized representative of the Howard County Historical Society. For purposes of these Terms of Use, "co-branding" means to display a name, logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or distribute this site or content accessible within this site. You agree to cooperate with HCHS in causing any unauthorized co-branding, framing or hyper-linking immediately to cease.

The material and content accessible from this site, and any other World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by HCHS (the "Content") is the proprietary information of HCHS or the party that provided the Content to HCHS, and HCHS or the party that provided the Content to HCHS retains all right, title, and interest in the Content. Accordingly, the Content may not be copied, distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of HCHS, except that you may print out a copy of the Content solely for your personal use. In doing so, you may not remove or alter, or cause to be removed or altered, any copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, or any other proprietary notice or legend appearing on any of the Content. Modification or use of the Content except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use violates HCHS's intellectual property rights. Neither title nor intellectual property rights are transferred to you by access to this site.

This site may be hyper-linked, directly, or by means of search results, to other sites which are not maintained by, or related to, HCHS. Hyper-links to such sites are provided for convenience purpose only and are not affiliated with this site or HCHS. HCHS has not reviewed any or all of such sites and is not responsible for the content of those sites. Hyper-links are to be accessed at the user's own risk, and HCHS makes no representations or warranties about the content, completeness or accuracy of these hyper-links or the sites hyper-linked to this site. Further, the inclusion of any hyper-link to a third-party site does not necessarily imply endorsement by HCHS of that site. When you click on a hyper-link site you are living this site and are bound by the terms and conditions of the destination linked site.

You understand that HCHS cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Internet, including, but not limited to, files available from websites linked to this website, will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to this site for the reconstruction of any lost data. HCHS does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the Internet.

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT, INCLUDING, BU NOT LIMITED TO, ANY HYPER-LINKS TO OTHER SITES, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. HCHS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. HCHS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR CONTENT CONTAINED IN THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. HCHS DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING USE, OR THE RESULT OF USE, OF THE CONTENT IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND HCHS MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME. YOU, AND NOT HCHS, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT. HCHS MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH CONTENT.