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PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. — .
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Military tactics.
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8. If practicable, military tactics may form a de-
partment in every high school and college of the state.
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Joint board.
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9. Whenever the joint high school board, or the
joint advanced school board of any two or more coun-
ties or school house districts is composed of six, eight,
ten, or any other even number of persons, the high
school board shall appoint one additional member.
CHAPTER IX.
Colored Population.
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School for col-
ored children.
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SEC. 1. The total amount of taxes paid for school
purposes by the colored people of any county, or in the
city of Baltimore, together with any donations that
may be made for the purpose, shall be set aside for the
maintaining the schools for colored children, which
schools shall be conducted under the direction of the
board of county school commissioners, or the board of
commissioners of public schools of the city of Balti-
more, and shall be subject to such rules and regula-
tions as said respective boards shall prescribe.
CHAPTER X.
Sources of Income.
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State tax.
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SEC. 1. A state tax often cents on each one hundred
dollars of taxable property throughout the state, shall
be levied annually for the support of the free public
schools, and the Maryland state normal school, which
tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same
agents as the general state levy, and shall be paid into
the treasury of the state, to be distributed by the trea-
surer to the boards of school commissioners of the city
of Baltimore, and the several counties. And the
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Distribution of
fund.
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comptroller in making the distribution of the several
items of the free school fund shall apportion to Wi-
comico county such portion of said fund as it will be
entitled to according to the several laws regulating the
distribution of said fund, and the county commission-
ers of Wicomico are hereby authorized and required to
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