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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the credit of said fund, or from other sources; also 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 otherwise appropriated, and to be placed

to the credit of the free school fund, in accordance

with the provisions of the act of December session,

eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, chapter thirty-three,

and substituted for the interest on the surplus revenue,

as provided in said act; provided that the sum of one

hundred thousand dollars of the receipts from the
public school tax shall be distributed to colored

schools, after deducting the amount payable to the

colored normal school; and the balance of said re-

ceipts shall be distributed to the white schools, the

State Normal School for whites, and the State Board

of Education, in the proportions to which they are

Colleges, acad-

respectively entitled; for donations to colleges, acade-

emies, schools.

mies and schools, as set forth in acts and resolutions of

the general assembly heretofore passed, forty-two thou-

sand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may

be necessary; provided that none of the appropria-

tions to colleges, academies and schools shall be

paid to any of said institutions excepting to such

as shall have made a full report, as required

by section four of article eighty-four of the Code

of Public General Laws; to the Deaf and Dumb

Asylum at Frederick, for the education of the

deaf and dumb, twenty-five thousand dollars, and

five thousand dollars for repairs to the buildings of

said asylum; to St. Mary's Industrial school, fifteen

thousand dollars; to the Female House of Refuge,

three thousand dollars; to the Board of Directors of

the Maryland Institution for the education of the

deaf and dumb and blind colored children of the

state, eight thousand five hundred dollars; to the

Maryland Agricultural College, five dollars and no

more; for the instruction of the indigent blind, to be

applied under the direction of the governor, in accord-

ance with the provisions of the act of eighteen hun-

dred and sixty-eight, chapter two hundred and five,

fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may

be necessary.

CONTINGENT FUNDS.

For the contingent fund, placed at the disposal of

the governor by article three, section thirty-two of the