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AIDS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS TO UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.

Ibid c V, B 1 Educational tracts, &c , to be issued to teachers.	116. Cheap educational tracts, documents and periodicals shall be issued to teachers and others by the state superintendent as he shall deem expedient. Also, tracts explanatory of the school system of the state, containing such information as may be impor- tant to the advancement of sound instruction and good discipline.
Ibid s. 2 Appropriation for same.	117. For the purchase, printing and distribution of such documents, the annual sum of one hundred dol- lars is hereby appropriated from the surplus revenue fund.
Ibid s 3. District libra- ries.	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 dis- trict as library money, as long as the people raise the same amount annually ; the books must be selected by the district 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. MISCELLANEOUS — COLORED POPULATION.
1866, c 160, t IV, c. I, s. I. Schools for negro children.	119. The total amount of taxes paid for school purposes by the colored people of any county and the city of Baltimore, together with any donations that may be made, shall be set aside for the pur- pose 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.
Ibid s 2 Visitation of such school.	120. It shall be the duty of the city and county school commissioners, to visit such schools at least