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in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respec-
tively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical
education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and
professions of life."

In arranging for the accomplishment of this noble design
the action of the Trustees has been cramped, and almost con-
trolled by the heavy debt which the whole State appropria-
tion, not available till April, 1868, will fail to liquidate; the
financial exhibit being worse than that reported to the Gen-
eral Assembly. The College edifice needs repair; the fur-
niture has to be renewed; apparatus must be purchased, and
buildings for agricultural and mechanical purposes erected,
for which there is not one dollar in the treasury. These
practical difficulties meet the Trustees at the threshold of
their labors, and unless removed will lead to an accumulation
of difficulties resulting in a struggle against impossibilities,
and a disappointment like that under the previous organiza-
tion.

The State has already invested so much that it is her in-
terest to increase her appropriations in order to insure suc-
cess. She is also pledged to sustain this College by accept-
ing the U. S. donation of public lands. The election of a
Faculty, and a resolution to open the Institution early in the
Spring of 1867, show the determination of the Trustees to
do what they can. For the means to repair and equip the
College edifice they must appeal either to the liberality of
individual citizens or to the General Assembly.

That there may be no further delay to place the College
upon a proper foundation, I recommend that the remaining
instalments of the $45,000 appropriation be paid immediate-
ly, and the additional sum of $10,000 be appropriated to be
be expended as follows: $1,500 for repairs to the buildings ;
$2,000 for furniture; $1500 for philosphical apparatus;
$5,000 for erection of farm buildings and shops. Thus the
College edifice will be made comfortable, and offer to students
the facilities sought in an institution of its specific charac-
ter.

Without such additional aid, success is very doubtful.

The present Board of Trustees consists on the part of the
State of

Hon. Thomas Swann, Governor,

Hon. Christopher C. Cox, Lieut.-Governor,

Hon. John M. Frazier, Speaker of the House,

Rev. L. Van Bokkelen, State Sup't. Public Instruction.

STOCKHOLDER TRUSTEES.

Hon. James T. Earle, President, Queen Anne County.
Hon. Charles B. Calvert, Prince George County.
Col. W. H. Purnell, Baltimore City.
R. McHenry, Esq., Harford County.