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ARTICLE XXX.

DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.

Commission for Improving the Condition of the Adult Blind in the State of Maryland. 8. Commission to be appointed by the governor.

9. Duties of the commission. 10. May aid adult blind; conditions of such aid. 11. Appropriations.

1906, ch. 290, sec. 1.

8. Within sixty days after April 5, 1906, the governor shall
appoint a commission of five persons, who shall serve without
pay, and who shall be known as "the commission for improving
the condition of the adult blind in the State of Maryland. "

Ibid. sec. 2.

9. It shall be the duty of this commission to secure a com-
plete list of all blind persons in the State of Maryland, and
make a record of their names, ages and financial condition,
together with the cause and extent of their blindness, their
capacity for educational and industrial training, and such other
facts as may seem of value; and on or before the 31st day of
December, 1907, they shall file with the governor a full report
of their findings, together with such recommendations for
improving the condition of the adult blind in this State as may
seem to them advisable.

Ibid. sec. 3.

10. The commission may aid those of the adult blind whom
they consider worthy in finding employment, and in further-
ance thereof they may furnish material and tools to an amount
not exceeding $50 to any one individual, and they may place
in a home or homes such indigent blind women as appear to
them worthy and to have no other means of support; provided,
however, that the total expenditure on any such woman shall
not exceed two hundred dollars per annum.

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