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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

charge of the duties of his office, eight hundred dol-

lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ; for

the contingent fund of the Library, including post-

age, porterage, freight and other incidental expenses, .

five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be

necessary; for the augmentation of the State

Library, two thousand five hundred dollars, or

so much thereof as may be necessary; for ex-

pense of fuel and lights for public buildings

and grounds, five thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, to be expended

under the direction and control of the Governor ;

for the contingent fund of the Commissioner of the

Contingent

Land Office, three hundred dollars, or so much there-

funds.

of as may be necessary ; for the postage of the Ex-

ecutive and Treasury Departments, the Land Office,

the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the

House of Delegates, twelve hundred and fifty dol-

lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ; for

the contingent fund of the Court of Appeals, three

hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-

sary; for printing expenses and clerical services,

stationery and postage, copies and other necessary

expenses in the office of the Attorney General, thir-

teen hundred dollars, to be paid on vouchers there-

for duly exhibited to the Comptroller, or so much

thereof as may be necessary ; for printing the annu-

al report of the Comptroller, one thousand dollars ;

for printing the annual report of the State Tax Com-

missioner, four hundred dollars.

SCHOOLS.

To the several counties and the city of Baltimore,

for the system of free public schools, white and col-

ored, and for the State Normal School and State

Board of Education, to be apportioned by the Comp-
troller according to law, five hundred thousand dol-

lars, or whatever sum may be paid into the treasury

For free pub-

on account of the levy of public school tax, and such

lic schools,&c

other sums as may be received to the credit of the

free school fund from tax on the circulation of banks,

and from the interest on stocks standing to the credit

of said funds, together with the sum of thirty-four

thousand and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents,

to be paid out of any money in the treasury not