ART. 30.] DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND—EDUCATION OP. 609

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 33, sec. 3. 1849, ch 209, sec. 1. 1854, ch 224. 1868,
ch 205 1886, ch. 278

3. A sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars shall be annu-
ally appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the gov-
ernor, in placing for instruction in the Maryland institution for
the instruction of the blind, such indigent blind persons of the
age of seven years and upwards, inhabitants of this State, and
the county or city from which they are recommended, as may be
duly recommended to the governor by the county commissioners
of each county, or by the judges of the orphans' court of Balti-
more city.

Ibid sec 4. 1849, ch 209, sec. 1

4. The recommendation shall state that such blind persons are
in such indigent circumstances as to be unable, from their own
resources, or those of their parents, to obtain instruction, and are
of good natural capacity.

Ibid, sec 5. 1849, ch 209, sec 1. 1865, ch 75. 1886, ch. 278.

5. The amount per annum paid for any one individual shall
not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars.

Ibid sec. 6. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 3.

6. The governor shall report to the general assembly at each
regular session thereof, the amount of money expended by him
in pursuance of the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 5, and the
names, ages and places of residence of the different applicants.

1867, ch. 247. 1868, ch. 409. 1870, ch. 322. 1874, ch. 42.

7. A special tax of five-sixteenths of one cent on every hun-
dred dollars of taxable property within this State is hereby levied
to meet the interest and create a sinking fund for the redemption
of the bonds or certificates of debt, issued under the act of 1874,
chapter 42; and the said tax shall be annually levied, collected
and be paid over to the State treasurer until the said bonds shall
have been paid; and a separate and distinct account shall be kept
thereof, and the proceeds thereof are hereby pledged to the pay-
ment of the principal and interest on said bonds, or certificates of
debt; and for that purpose so much thereof as may be necessary
shall first be applied to the interest, and the balance invested by