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so much thereof as may be necessary ; for the cost	Contingent fund
of printing the annual report of the Comptroller, one
thousand dollars ; for the expense of advertising the
list of insurance agents, five hundred dollars; for the
expense of fuel and light for the public buildings
and grounds, to be expended under the direction and
control of Augustus Gassaway, Secretary of the Sen-
ate, tive thousand dollars ; for the contingent fund
of the Commissioner of the Land Office, four hun-
dred dollars; for the postage of the Executive and
Treasury Department, the Land Office, the Secretary
of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House of Dele-
gates two thousand dollars ; for additional temporary
clerical assistance in the Comptroller's office, and
traveling expenses of the Comptroller in the perform-
ance of duties imposed by law, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, fifteen hundred dollars; to the
State Librarian for purchasing stationery, one hun-
dred and fifty dollars; for the contingent fund of the
Court of Appeals, three hundred dollars.

SCHOOLS.
To the several counties of this State and to Balti-
more city, to be apportioned as the Legislature may	Free school
direct, four hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or	fund
whatever sum may be paid into the Treasury on
account of the levy of public School tax; for the free
school fund, such sums as may be received from the
bonus from bank dividends, from stock standing to
the credit of said fund, and so much of the revenue
from the Washington branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad as has been substituted for the surplus
revenue; to the several counties and City of Balti-
more, for the education of colored children, to be ap-
portioned by the Comptroller in proportion to the
number of colored inhabitants in each county and
Baltimore city, between the ages of six and twenty-
one years, one hundred thousand dollars ; provided,	Proviso.
that this amount of one hundred thousand dollars
includes the fifty thousand dollars appropriated by
the Senate bill for this purpose, if said Senate bill
becomes a law; for donations to colleges, academies
and schools, thirty-six thousand dollars, as per acts
and resolutions heretofore passed; provided, that
none of the appropriations to colleges, academies, and
schools shall be paid to any such institution unless
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