ART. 77] HIGH SCHOOLS—SCHOOLS FOR COLORED CHILDREN. 1751

shall be admitted without examination to the freshman class of any
college in Maryland receiving financial aid from the State.

1910, ch. 386, sec. 123 B (p. 231).

130. Tho state board of education shall prepare the course of study
to be used by the several groups of high schools described in this article,
and have authority to make any by-law for ;their government not at
variance with the provisions of this article.
See sec. 147.

Chapter 18. Schools for Colored Children.

1904, art. 77, sec. 124. 1888, art. 77, sec. 96. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

131. It shall be the duty of the board of county school commissioners
to establish one or more public schools in each election district for all
colored youths between six and twenty years of age, to which admission
shall be free, and which shall be kept open as long as the board of
county school commissioners shall determine; provided, the colored
population of such district shall warrant said board in establishing said
schools.

See sec. 142. et seq.; also, sec. 193.

Ibid. sec. 125. 1888, art. 77. sec. 97. 1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 377,
sub-ch. 18, sec. 2. 1874, ch. 463.

132. Each colored school shall be under the direction of a special
board of school trustees, to be appointed by the board of county school
commissioners, and shall be subject to the same laws for its government,
and furnish instruction in the same branches as the schools for white
children.

Ibid. sec. 126. 1888. art. 77, sec. 98. 1872, ch. 377. 1902, ch. 306.

1904, ch. 584.

133. The comptroller shall not apportion any separate fund for the
colored schools; but colored schools shall be supported and maintained
from the general school fund, the apportionment of which shall be here-
inafter provided for.

For a case now apparently inapplicable by reason of changes in the law,
see Shriver v. Hering, 97 Md. 20.
See art. 19, sec. 36,

Ibid. sec. 127. 1SS8, art. 77, sec. 99. 1872, ch. 377.

134. The total amount of taxes paid for school purposes by the
colored people of any county, or in the city of Baltimore, together with
any donations that may be made for the purpose, shall also be devoted
to the maintenance of the schools for colored children.

Chapter 19. Sources of Income.

Ibid. sec. 128. 1888, art. 77, sec. 100. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

135. A state tax of fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of tax-
able property throughout the State shall be levied annuall for the sup-
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