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One such institute shall be held in each year in each
county of the State, and an additional one in each county,
if deemed necessary and desirable.
Said institute shall be under the direction of a direc-
tor, to be appointed by the trustees of the Maryland
Agricultural College, who shall be a person well versed
in the profession of agriculture, and of practical exper-
ience, whose title shall be "Director of Farmers' Insti-
tutes," whose salary shall be fixed by said board of trus-
tees. and paid out of the appropriation hereinafter
provided, and whose duties shall be defined by said board ;
that the said institutes shall be a department of said
college, similar to the experiment station, that all ex-
penses of said institution shall be paid out of said appro-
priation ; and that said board of trustees be and is hereby
invested with all powers necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this Act, but no expenses shall be
incurred beyond the amount appropriated.
The sum of three thousand dollars per annum be, and
the same is hereby appropriated for the formation and
support of Farmers' Institutes in this State; and the
Comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant
annually upon the Treasurer of the State, for the said
sum of money, out of any fund not otherwise appropria-
ted; that the said sum of money shall be payable to the
order of the Maryland Agricultural College, on or after
the first of October of each fiscal year; and that the first
yearly payment shall be made during the fiscal year
ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six.
Accurate accounts of the expenditures of the money, re-
ceived under this Act, shall be kept by the registrar of the
Maryland Agricultural College, separate from the general
college accounts; and an itemized and detailed report of
such expenditures shall be made annually and published in
such manner as the board of trustees of the Maryland
Agricultural College shall direct. (Chapter 102, Acts 1896.)
Game Wardens.—The Governor shall, on the first
day of April, 1896, and every two years thereafter,
appoint a Game Warden for the State, whose term
of office shall be two years, or until his successor is
appointed. Consent of Senate not required; qualifies
before clerk of court where warden lives. Salary,
$500 per annum and a portion of the fines arising from
violations of the game and fish laws. The Game Warden
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