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and the support of a pauper for a single month is more than
that of instructing a child the whole School year.

	Total cost of Schools in each County	Totll co-tor Courts A] 108 Hone I'aupcre and Jail*
Allegany ........... Anne Arundel..... Baltimore Co....... Baltimore City..., Calvert (estima'd) Caroline............ Carroll ............. Charles ............ Cecil.. ............... Dorchester ......... Frederick ......... Harford............. Howard............. Kent....... ......... Montgomery....... Prince George.... Queen Anne. ...... Somerset........ ... St. Mary's... ...... Talbot...... ......... Washington Worcester ..........	$ 27,696 61 . 19,960 31 60,601 44 . 259,552 62 9021 76 10,357 10 18,394 10 8,049 39 24,002 48 16,452 73 36,351 78 15,655 50 13,718 47 11,391 15 . 11,459 81 . 13,042 88 20,101 37 21,888 93 8,783 83 14,861 59 39,555 48 13,626 05	$ 30,091 67 19,820 78 35,513 13 550,332 3O 6,000 00 10,335 72 16,851 34 10,052 14 18,528 96 23,717 02 33,405 35 11,510 52 15,333 53 13,143 97 18,601 62 22,752 22 21,054 04 17,223 01 10,216 84 12,871 05 33,074 37 8,184 06
Total......	,$674,525 49	$939,213 64
Amount paid by the State for	1 Judiciary .......... Special Judges.. . Penitentiary ...... House of Refuge..	|47,721 40 , 1,552 50 11,000 00 ...... 20,000 00'
Amount paid by City of Baltimore for '	" " "	25,000 00
	Total......	...$1044,487 54

AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHOOL LAW.

Under this head I have nothing to add to the suggestions
contained in the preliminary report transmitted by the Gov-
ernor to the Special Session of the General Assembly in
January, 1866.

In accordance with those suggestions and the recommenda-
tions made by the Committee of the Association of School
Commissioners, an amendatory bill was prepared by the joint
Committee on Education and reported in the Senate. That
bill embraced several important sections concerning the uni-