A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

273. They shall admit no child into any of their
Schools, under the age of five years or over the
age of seventeen years, unless the usual subscrip-
tion fee for the desired instruction shall be paid
then in advance per quarter, for each quarter ; and
for such fees, they shall account to the Board, of
School Commissioners, to be applied as a part of
the School fund.

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Sec. 4. That the following be enacted in lieu of
and as a substitute for section two hundred and
seventy-six.

Substitute.

276. They shall require all parents or guar-
dians of the children attending the Schools, be-
tween the age of five and seventeen years, to pay
the sum of one dollar, for each child in advance
per quarter, for each quarter such child may at-
tend the same, and account to the Board of School

Parents re-
quired to pay
for children at-
tending school

Commissioners therefor, to be- applied as a part of
the School fund ; provided, that whenever in their
judgment the parents or guardians are unable to
pay, their children shall be admitted free of
charge.

Proviso.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 278.

AN ACT to Incorporate the Baltimore Gymna-
sium.

Passed March
8, 1862.

WHEREAS, It is represented to this General As-
sembly that a number of young men of the city
of Baltimore have associated themselves for the
encouragement of Gymnastic Exercises, by the
establishment of a Gymnasium, and by such
other methods as may be deemed necessary or
expedient to the furtherance of this design ;
therefore,

Preamble.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That John Carson, Nicholas G. Pen-

Incorporated.