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be furnished the use of text books free of charge. Other students may be
admitted to these schools, in the discretion of the board of trustees, who
possess the prescribed qualifications for admission, on payment of a fixed
and uniform fee as determined by the board of trustees.

An. Code, sec. 88. 1904, sec. 83. 1888, sec. 76. 1872, ch. 377. 1874, ch. 463. 1898, ch. 221.
1904, ch. 584. 1914, ch. 849. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 88.

158. The several and respective sums hereafter appropriated by the
General Assembly for the erection of buildings, or additions, repairs, up-
keep, maintenance and support of each of the state normal schools shall,
unless otherwise specified and provided, be paid in equal instalments on
the first day of January, March, June and October to the treasurer of the
state board of education. On or before said dates, the Comptroller shall
draw his warrant on the treasurer of the State of Maryland for the respec-
tive amounts due on said dates to the treasurer of the state board of edu-
cation. On receipt of the warrant of the Comptroller, the Treasurer of
the State of Maryland shall immediately pay the amount due on said dates
to the treasurer of the state board of education, and the same shall be
paid to and applied by the board of trustees of the state normal schools to
the payment of teachers' salaries, clerical and other assistance, for the pur-
chase of apparatus, school furniture, text books, library and reference
books, stationery, light, fuel, and for other necessary expenses in main-
taining and supporting the respective state normal schools, and when
special appropriations are made for the erection of buildings or additions
or unusual repairs the same shall be used for the special purpose. The
treasurer of the state board of education shall make, on or before January
the first of each year, to the Governor, a report of the receipts and disburse-
ments of each of the state normal schools.

An. Code, sec. 89. 1904, sec. 84. 1888, sec. 77. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

159. All donations or bequests of money or personal property, and all
grants or devises of lands for the benefit of any state normal school or
normal department shall be held in trust by the state board of education.

Chapter 13. Teachers' Institutes.

An. Code, sec. 92. 1904, sec. 87. 1888, sec. 80. 1870, ch 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 13, sec. 1.
1874, ch. 463. 1904, ch. 584. 1906, ch. 356. 1914, ch. 84.

160. A teachers' institute, to continue not less than five days, shall be
held in each County once a year, and in the absence of the State Superin-
tendent the County Superintendent shall preside. Two or more Counties
may combine and hold a joint institute. The Board of County School
Commissioners of any County may in lieu of holding a teachers' institute
require at least one-fourth of the number of the teachers of that County
to attend a summer school, which has been approved by the State Superin-
tendent of Public Education, during the summer preceding the school ses-
sion for which no institute is held, provided the said Board of County
School Commissioners reimburses those teachers who attend summer school
for their expenses to the extent of at least twenty-five dollars, and the