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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

commissions to attorneys on claims of the state-
placed in their hands for collection, five thou-
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary ; for the crier of the court of appeals,
nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as the
clerk of the court of appeals may certify that
he is entitled to receive ; for the salary of the
state reporter, one thousand dollars.

MILITIA.

For the support of the militia of the state, to
be expended under the supervision of the gov-
ernor, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof

Salary of ad-
jutant gener-
al, etc.

as may be necessary ; for the salary of the
adjutant general of the state, fifteen hundred
dollars ; and for contingent expenses of his
office, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid
out of the appropriation for the support of the
militia ; and the balance of said appropriation,
or so much thereof as may be necessary for the
maintenance of the militia in the various
counties of the state and in the city of
Baltimore.

PENSIONS.

For the payment of pensions granted by the
various acts and resolutions of the general as-

For pensions
granted.

sembly to Mrs. Sarah Ann Watson, Mrs. Julia
A. Dorsey and William Brown, during their
natural lives, in accordance with the provisions,
of resolutions sixty-three of eighteen hundred
and forty-nine, chaptertwo hundred and twenty-
eight of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and
chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of eighteen
hundred and seventy, five hundred and twenty
dollars.

SCHOOLS.

For the system of free public schools (white

Free public
schools.

and colored) in the several counties and the city
of Baltimore, and for the State Normal School
and the State Board of Education, to be appor-
tioned by the comptroller in accordance with the
laws in such case made and provided and the
direction herein given, five hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars, or whatever sum may be
paid into the treasury on account of the tax for