ART. 30] DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND. 815

on the treasurer of this State for two hundred dollars per annum for
each deaf and dumb person taught in pursuance of his authority at said
institution, payable to the president thereof, in quarterly payments, on
the first days of January. April, July and October in each year; and
the governor shall also order the comptroller of the treasury to draw
on the treasurer his warrant, payable to the proper party, for the
expenses necessarily incurred in transporting and returning said deaf
and dumb person; provided, that the whole amount drawn from the
treasury for the purposes aforesaid shall not exceed seven thousand five
hundred dollars in any one year; provided, further, that the governor
shall dispose of applications in behalf of deaf and dumb persons under
the provisions of this article, in the order in which they may be made;
and if the applications be more than sufficient to absorb the foregoing
appropriation, he shall suspend the action upon the excess until vacan-
cies occur, or further provision be made by the general assembly.

1904, art. 30, sec. 3. 1888, art. 30, sec. 3. 1860, art. 33, sec. 3. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1.
1854, ch. 224. 1868, ch. 205. 1886, ch. 278. 1892, ch. 272.

3. A sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars shall be annu-
ally appropriated to be applied under the direction of the governor in
placing for instruction in the Maryland school for the blind, formerly
known as the Maryland institution for the instruction of the blind, such
indigent blind persons of the age of seven years and upwards^ inhabi-
tants of this State and of the conty or city from which they are recom-
mended, as may be recommended to the governor by the county com-
missioners of each county or by the judges of the orphans' court of
Baltimore city.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1888, art. 30, sec. 4. 1860, art. 33, sec. 4. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1

4. The recommendation shall state that such blind persons are in
such indigent circumstances as to be unable from their own resources or
those of their parents to obtain instruction, and are of good natural
capacity.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1888, art. 30, sec. 5. 1860. art. 33, sec. 5. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1.
1865, ch. 75. 1886, ch. 278.

5. The amount per annum paid for any one individual shall not
exceed the sum of three hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1888, art. 30, sec. 6. 1860, art. 33, sec. 6. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 3.

6. The governor shall report to the general assembly at each regular
session thereof the amount of money expended by him, in persuance of
the provisions of sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the names, ages and places
of residence of the different applicants.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1888, art. 30, sec. 8. 1874, ch. 236.

7. The directors of the Maryland institution for the instruction of
the blind are authorized and empowered to apply such portion of their