ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE. GOVERNOR.

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

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various acts and resolutions of the general as-
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, chapter two 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
and colored) in the several counties and the city
of Baltimore, and for the State Normal School
and State Board of Education, to be apportioned

For pensions
granted.

by the comptroller in accordance with the laws
in such case made and provided and the di-
rections herein given, five hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars, or whatever sum may be
paid into the treasury on account of the tax for
public schools ; also such other sum or sums as
may be received to the credit of the free school
fund from the tax on the circulation of banks ;
from the interest on stocks standing to 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 the
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 hun-
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars of the re-
ceipts from the public school tax shall be dis-
tributed to colored schools after deducting the
amount payable to the colored normal school;

Free public
schools.