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county school commissioners, and shall be subject to the same laws
for its government, and furnish instruction in the same branches
as the schools for white children.

1872, ch. 377.

98. The comptroller shall apportion the sum appropriated for
the support of the colored schools of the several counties and the

city of Baltimore, in proportion to their respective population be-
tween the ages of five and twenty years; said apportionment to
be made at the time he apportions the levy for the white schools.

Ibid.

99. The total amount of taxes paid for school purposes by the

colored people of any county, or in the city of Baltimore, together
with any donations that may be made for the purpose, shall also
be devoted to the maintenance of the schools for colored children.

Chapter 19. Sources of Income.

1872, ch. 877.

100. A State tax of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of
taxable property throughout the State shall be levied annually for
the support of free public schools and the Maryland State normal
school, which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the
same agents as the general State levy, and shall be paid into the
treasury of the State, to be distributed by the treasurer to the
boards of school commissioners of the city of Baltimore and the
several counties.

Ibid.

101. The treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller, shall
pay to each of the counties and the city of Baltimore the propor-
tion of the free school fund to which such city or county is entitled
under the apportionment to be made by the comptroller, as here-
inafter provided; and he shall pay the same to the treasurer of
the board of school commissioners of Baltimore city and the

several counties; and the several colleges and academies shall re-
spectively receive the donations granted to them by any laws or
resolutions of the general assembly, subject to the conditions
annexed thereto.