ART. 81] BATE AND ITEMS OF STATE TAX. 1803

to levy the State taxes to be collected according to law and to
be apportioned for the year 1904 as follows: a tax of fifteen
cents on each one hundred dollars to aid in support of the
public schools to be distributed according to law among the
several counties and city of Baltimore; a tax of one and three-
fourths of one cent on each one hundred dollars to defray the
costs of supplying books for the use of the children in the
public schools of this State; a tax of one-half of one cent on
each one hundred dollars to meet the interest and create a
sinking fund for the redemption of the penitentiary loan; a
tax of one-eighth of one cent on each one hundred dollars to
meet the interest and create a sinking fund for the redemption
of the insane asylum loan; a tax of one-half of one cent on
each one hundred dollars to meet the interest and create a
sinking fund for the State building and improvement loan; a
tax of two and seven-eighths cents on each one hundred dollars
to meet the interest and create a sinking fund for the redemp-
tion of the consolidated loan of 1899; a tax of three-fourths of
one cent on each one hundred dollars to meet the interest and
create a sinking fund for the redemption of the State loan of
1902; and a tax of one cent on each one hundred dollars to
meet the interest and create a sinking fund for the redemption
of the public buildings loan, making an aggregate of twenty-
two and one-half cents on each one hundred dollars; and the
comptroller of the treasury shall levy the same State taxes on
the shares of capital stock of all banks, State and national,
and other incorporated institutions and companies of this State,
the shares of whose capital stock are liable by law to assess-
ment and taxation. The county commissioners of the several
counties of this State and the mayor and city council of Balti-
more are directed to levy the State taxes to be collected
according to law, and to be apportioned for the year 1905, and
annually thereafter, as follows : a tax of fifteen cents on each
one hundred dollars to aid in support of the public schools,
to be distributed according to law among the several counties
and city of Baltimore; a tax of one and three-fourths of one
cent on each one hundred dollars to defray the cost of sup-
plying books for the use of the children in the public schools
of this State; a tax of one-half of one cent on each one
hundred dollars to meet the interest and create a sinking fund
for the redemption of the penitentiary loan; a tax of one-
eighth of one cent on each one hundred dollars to meet the
interest and create a sinking fund for the redemption of the
insane asylum loan; a tax of one-half of one cent-on each one