1198 . ARTICLE 30.

troller of the treasury to draw his warrant 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 appropria-
tion, he shall suspend the action upon the excess until vacancies occur, or
further provision be made by the general assembly.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 3. 1888, sec. 3. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1. 1854, ch. 224. 1868, ch. 205.
1886, ch. 278. 1892, ch. 272. 1912, ch. 200.

3. A sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand ($33,000) dollars shall
be annually 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, inhabitants of this State and of the county or city
from which they are recommended, as may be recommended to the Governor
by the County Commissioners of each county, or by the judges of the
Orphans' Court of Baltimore City.

An. Code, sec. 4. 1904, sec. 4. 1888, 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.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, sec. 5. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1. 1865, ch. 75. 1886, ch. 278.

1912, ch. 200.

5. The amount per annum paid for any one individual shall not exceed
the sum of three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars.

An. Code, sec. 6. 1904, sec. 6. 1888, 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 pursuance of the
provisions of sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the names, ages and places of
residence of the different applicants.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1888, 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 endow-
ment fund and annual income as they may deem expedient to establish
work-shops and to open a store for the sale of articles manufactured by the