LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

act; and the Comptroller of the State, upon proper vouchers,
approved by the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall, from time to time, draw his warrants upon the State
Treasurer for the amounts necessary to pay for clerical aid, for
stationery and for deposit with the War and Navy Depart-
ments at Washington, a guarantee fund, as provided for in sec-
tion 2 of this act, and also to pay for the printing, binding and
distributing of the copies of the said records, as provided for
in section 4 of this act.

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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the necessary expenses
incurred by the said commissioners in carrying out the provi-
sions of this act, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars,
shall be paid out of the said appropriated sum of fiftsen thou-
sand dollars, and the said Comptroller is authorized to draw his
warrants upon the State Treasurer therefor, upon receiving an
itemized account of such expenses, verified by the affidavit of
the said commissioners or any one of them.

Expenses of
commis-
sioners.

SEC. 1. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 2d, 1896.

CHAPTER 135.

AN ACT to repeal Sections fifty-nine, sixty and sixty-one of
Article seventy-seven, of the Code of Public General Laws,
of the State of Maryland, title "Public Education," and to
re-enact the same with amendments.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections fifty-nine, sixty and sixty-one of Article
seventy-seven of the Code of Public General Laws of the
State of Maryland, title "Public Education," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

Repeal.

59. The Board of Public School Commissioners of Balti-
more city, and each Board of County School Commissioners,
shall adopt and purchase text books for use in the public
schools of said city and of the several counties in the State,
as such new text books are required, and when so procured,
the necessary text books shall be furnished free of cost for use
in the public schools of the State, subject to the order of said
boards, on or after the first day of August next succeeding to

Purchase of
text books.