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agers, and the State can have no worthier beneficiary; and
they confidently appeal to your kind sympathy, knowing
that you will not turn them empty-handed away. Your
Committee ask for a special appropriation of $1,500 to assist
them in their mission of doing the young infinite good.

THE HEBREW ASYLUM.

This beneficent institution has lately been founded by, and
is under the supervision of a number of zealous ladies of the
Hebrew faith. They have succeeded by their indefatigable
exertions in erecting a magnificent building, on the most
approved plan, embracing all the modern improvements of
heating, ventilation, &c. In very rare instances does this
thrifty and energetic class of the community become a tax
upon the State, and scarce a member of that religious persua-
sion can be found in any reformatory or charitable institution
which is a beneficiary of the State.

The management of the establishment is not intended to
be partial or sectional in its character, but the doors are to
be thrown open to all worthy applicants of any denomina-
tion. They are still some $17,000 in debt, and appeal to the
State for pecuniary aid. It affords the Committee much
pleasure to present the claims of this liberal and benevolent
institution, to your Honorable Bodies, as unusually merito-
rious and worthy of the most generous support.

We cheerfully recommend an appropriation of $5,000.

ST. MARY'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Is located some two miles from the City of Baltimore, on
or near the Frederick road. The school is now conducted
in temporary buildings ; but a very imposing new structure
is in course of erection, built of granite, 134 feet front, and
fj'2 feet deep, upon which, in connection with the improve-
ment of the grounds, (100 acres, donated by the late Mrs.
Emily MacTavish,) $50,000, raised entirely by private dona-
tions, have already been expended, and it is estimated that
it will require at least $30,000 more to complete and put the
institution in working condition. There are now 47 boys
from different parts of the State cared for in the temporary
buildings, and being instructed in the different mechanical
arts, and becoming quite proficient as carpenters, shoe-
makers and tailors, as well as farmers and gardeners. The
new building, when finished, which result is hoped to he
attained, during the coming summer, will accommodate 300
hoys. The object of the institution is to protect orphans and
children of dissolute parents from vicious company, keep
them from the streets of the city, and rear them morally and
physically, so that hereafter they may become useful mem-
bers of society.