1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 129.

CHAPTER 129.

Passed March
2, 1860.

AN ACT to amend article thirty-three of the Code
of Public General Laws, relating to the education
of the deaf and dumb, by striking out the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth sections
thereof, and substituting the following sections
therefor:

Duty of levy
courts, &c, in
relation to the
deaf and
dumb.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall be and is hereby made
the duty of the levy courts and the county commis-
sioners of the several counties of this State, and of the
Mayor and City Council of the city of Baltimore, on
the application of any parent, guardian or next friend,
provided such parent, guardian or next friend has
been a bona fide citizen of this State for at least
two years previous to such application, of any deaf
and dumb person of teachable age and capacity,
not exceeding the age of twenty-one years, to in-
quire into the age and capacity of said deaf and
dumb person, and also into the ability of such per-
son, his or her parent or guardian to pay the ex-
pense of his or her education; and if satisfied by
evidence produced, that such person is of teachable
age, and is endowed with capacity to receive in-
struction, and that neither such person, his or her
parents or guardian, is possessed of means to pay
for such instruction, then it shall be the further
duty of the levy court and county commissioners,
or of the Mayor and City Council of the city of
Baltimore aforesaid, to certify the same to the
Governor of this State.

Duty of Gov-
ernor to au-
thorise in-
struction.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That on receiving
the certificate of the levy court and county commis-
sioners, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Governor
to authorise the instruction of said deaf and dumb
person in the Pennsylvania Institution for the deaf
and dumb, or in the Columbian Institution for the
instruction of the deaf and dumb and the blind, at
the option of such person, his or her parents, guar-
dian, or next friend, for a term not exceeding seven
years; and it shall be the further duty of the Gov-
ernor, on the certificate of the president or super-
intendent of either of said institutions, as the case
may be, that such deaf and dumb person has been