the City of Baltimore, together wit]} any donations
that may be made for the purpose, shall also be de-
voted to the maintenance of the schools for colored
children.
CHAPTER XIX.—Sources of Income.
SEC. 1. A State tax of ten cents on each one hun-
dred 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 sev-
eral counties.
SEC. 2. The Treasurer, on the warrant of the
Comptroller, shall pay as heretofore to each of the
counties and the City of Baltimore, the proportion
of the free school fund to which such city or count v
is entitled under the provisions of the laws and reso-
lutions existing at the time this Act is adopted; 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 acade-
mies shall respectively receive the donations granted
to them by any laws or resolutions of the General
Assembly, subject to the conditions annexed thereto.
SEC. 3. Real and personal estate granted, con-
veyed, devised or bequeathed for the use of any par-
ticular county or school district, shall be held in
trust by the Board of County School Commissioners
for the benefit of such county or school district, and
such grants and bequests shall be exempt from all
State and county taxes.
SEC. 4. Moneys invested prior to the passage of
this Act, in trust for the benefit of the public schools
for any county or city shall be exempt from State,
county or local tax.
SEC. 5. As soon as the Comptroller shall have re-
ceived from the City of Baltimore and the several
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Income.
Treasurer to.
disburse.
Held in trust.
Exempt from,
taxation.
Comptroller
to apportion.
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