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blind, and to extend the benefits of such work-shops and store to the adult
blind of this State not resident in the institution, on such terms and under
such regulations as they, may prescribe.

Commission for Improving Condition of Blind.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1906, ch. 290.

8. Within sixty days after April 5, 1906, the governor shall appoint a
commission of five persons, who shall serve without pay, and who shall be
known as " the commission for improving the condition of the adult blind
in the State of Maryland." 1

An. Code, sec. 9. 1906, ch. 290.

9. It shall be the duty of this commission to secure a complete list of al]
blind persons in the State of Maryland, and make a record of their names,
ages and financial condition, together with the cause and extent of their
blindness, their capacity for educational and industrial training, and such
other facts as may seem of value; and that on or before the 31st day of
December, 1907, they shall file with the governor a full report of their
findings, together with such recommendations for improving the condition
of the adult blind in this State as may seem to them advisable.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1906, ch. 290.

10. The commission may aid those of the adult blind whom they con-
sider worthy in finding employment, and in furtherance thereof they may
furnish material and tools to an amount not exceeding $50 to any one
individual, and they may place in a home or homes such indigent blind
women as appear to them worthy and to have no other means of support;
provided, however, that the total expenditure on any such woman shall not
exceed two hundred dollars per annum.

Workshop and School for Blind.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1908, ch. 566.

11. There shall be maintained in Baltimore city, Maryland, a workshop
for the blind.

An. Code, see. 12. 1908, ch. 566.

12. General supervision and control of said workshop shall be vested
in a board of five trustees, three of whom shall be appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice of the senate, and two shall be elected by the board
of directors of the Maryland School for the Blind; and the term of the
members of said board shall be for a period of two years from the date
of their appointment, or until their successors shall have been appointed and
qualified, and whenever a vacancy shall occur on said board it shall be filled
for the unexpired term by vote of the said members of the board remaining.

1 As to the compulsory education of deaf children, see art. 77, sec. 231.