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such other work as is not offered in the said Princess Anne Academy, but
which is offered for white students in the University of Maryland; and the
Board of Regents of the University of Maryland shall have authority to
name a Board which shall prepare and conduct such tests as it may deem
necessary and advisable in order to determine which applicants for scholar-
ships may be worthy of such awards.

Fanners' Institutes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 215. 1912, sec. 148. 1904, sec. 146. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 1.

208. A department of "Farmers' Institutes" shall be established for
the State of Maryland; the purpose of these institutes shall be to bring
before the farmers of the State such information as will effectually remedy
many of the existing evils now prevalent in every department of agri-
culture as now pursued in Maryland; and at said institutes men compe-
tent to instruct shall be present, and such topics shall be discussed as per-
tain to the principal agricultural interests of the several sections.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 216. 1912, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 147. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 2.

209. 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, 1924, sec. 217. 1912, sec. 150. 1904, sec. 148. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 3.

210. 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, 1924, sec. 219. 1912, sec. 152. 1904, sec. 150. 1896, ch. 102, sec. 5.

211. 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, 1924, sec. 220. 1912, sec. 153. 1904, sec. 151. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 124.
1912, ch. 173, sec. 124. 1922, ch. 474, sec. 153. 1931, ch. 182.

212. Every child residing in Baltimore City between seven and four-
teen years of age shall attend some day school regularly as defined in Sec-
tion 220 of this Article, during the entire period of each year, the public

¹ Now University of Md. See sec. 235.