ART. ] PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 89

system of the State, containing such information as may be im-
portant to the advancement of sound instruction and good
discipline.

117. For the purchase, printing and distribution of such docu-
ments, the annual sum of one hundred dollars is hereby appro-
priated from the surplus revenue fund.

118. For the further encouragement of universal education,
district libraries ought to be established in each school district,
under the care of the teacher, as librarian; for this purpose the
sum of twenty dollars per annum is ordered to be paid to any
school district as library money, as long as the people raise the
same amount annually; the books must be selected by the dis-
trict commissioner from the library list authorized by the State
Board of Education; the amount required for library money is
appropriated from the surplus revenue fund.

COLORED POPULATION.

119. The total amount of taxes paid for school purposes by
the colored people of any county and the city of Baltimore, to-
gether with any donations that may be made, shall be set aside
for the purpose of founding schools for colored children, which
schools shall be established under the direction of the school
commissioners, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations
as the Board of Education shall prescribe.

120. It shall be the duty of the city and county school com-
missioners, to visit such schools at least once in each quarter,
and to make special report of the progress of the pupils; they
shall suggest such modes of teaching as may be specially adapted
to the need of this class of children, and advise the teachers, so
that they will be able to impart to them knowledge by such
means as are best suited to their wants.