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An. Code, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 147. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 2.

216. One such institute shall be held in each year in each county of
the State, and an additional one in each county, if deemed necessary and
desirable.

An. Code, sec. 150. 1904, sec. 148. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 3.

217. Said institutes shall be under the direction of a director, to be
appointed by the trustees of the Maryland agricultural college,1 who shall
be a person well versed in the profession of agriculture, and of practical
experience, whose title shall be " Director of Farmers' Institutes," whose
salary shall be fixed by said board of trustees and paid out of the appro-
priation hereinafter provided, and whose duties shall be defined by said
board; the said institutes shall be a department of said college similar to
the experiment station; all expenses of said institutes shall be paid out
of said appropriation; and said board of trustees is invested with all
powers necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this sub-title, but
no expenses shall be incurred beyond the amount appropriated.

An. Code, sec. 151. 1904, sec. 149. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 4. 1898, ch. 252. 1900, ch. 363.

1904, ch. 557.

218. The sum of six thousand dollars per annum is hereby appro-
priated for the formation and support of farmers' institutes in this State;
and the comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant annually
upon the treasurer for the said sum of money out of any fund not other-
wise appropriated; the said sum shall be payable to the order of the
Maryland agricultural college on or after the first of October of each fiscal
year, and the first yearly payment shall be made during the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1904.

An. Code, sec. 152. 1904, sec. 150. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 5.

219. Accurate accounts of the expenditures of the money received
under this sub-title shall be kept by the registrar of the Maryland agri-
cultural college separate from the general college accounts; and an item-
ized and detailed report of such expenditures shall be made annually and
published in such manner as the board of trustees of the Maryland agri-
cultural college shall direct.

Chapter 21. School Attendance.

An. Code, sec. 153. 1904, sec. 151. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 124. 1912, ch. 173, sec. 124.

1922, ch. 474, sec. 153.

220. Every child residing in Baltimore City between seven and four-
teen years of age shall attend some school regularly as defined in section
228 of this article, during the entire period of each year, the public day
schools in said city in which said child resides are in session, unless it
can be shown that the child is elsewhere receiving regularly thorough
instruction during said period in the studies usually taught in the said
public schools to children of the same age; provided that the superinten-

1 Now University of Md. See sec. 240.
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