1898, ch. 273. 118. No appropriation for the benefit of the colored industrial schools of any county, provided for under this sub-title, shall be paid after the first annual appropriation, unless the average daily attendance at such school or schools shall have been, for the preceding year, at least thirty scholars; and in case said attendance shall fall short of said number, then there shall be paid to the treasurer of the county school commissioners maintaining said school or schools, only at the rate of fifty ($50.00) dollars a scholar, for the daily average annual attendance at the same, to be determined by the report herein before required to be made to the comptroller. 118A. 4B, adau 1902ch. 418. Farmers' Institutes. 1896, ch. 102. 119. A department of "Farmers' Institutes" shall be established for the State of Maryland; the purpose of these institutes shall be to bring before the farmers of the State such information as will effectually remedy many of the existing evils now prevalent in every department of agriculture as now pursued in Maryland; and at said institutes men competent to instruct shall be present, and such topics shall be discussed as pertain to the principal agricultural interests of the several sections. Ibid. 120. One such institute shall be held in each year in each county of the State, and an additional one in each county, if deemed necessary and desirable. Ibid. 121. Said institute shall be under the direction of a director, to be appointed by the trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College, who shall be a person well versed in the profession of agriculture, and of practical experience, whose title shall be "Director of Farmers' Institutes," whose salary shall be fixed by said board of trustees and paid out of the appropriation hereinafter provided, and whose duties shall be defined by said board; the said institutes shall be a department of said college, similar to the experiment station; all expenses of said institute shall be paid out of said appropriation; and said board of trustees is invested with all powers necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this sub title, but no expenses shall be incurred beyond the amount appropriated. 1896, ch. 102. 122. The sum of three thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated for the formation and support of Farmers' Institutes in this State; and the comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, annually, upon the treasurer of the State, for the said sum of money, out of any fund not otherwise appropriated; the said sum of money shall be payable to the order of the Maryland Agricultural College, on or after the first of October of each fiscal year; and the first yearly payment shall be made during the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Ibid. 123. Accurate accounts of the expenditures of the money received under this sub-title shall be kept by the registrar of the Maryland Agricultural College separate from the general college accounts; and an itemized and detailed report of such expenditures shall be made annually and published in such manner as the board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College shall direct. 8. It shall be the duty of the Governor promptly after his approval of bills passed by the General Assembly, before delivering the same to the clerk of the Court of Appeals, to cause the same to be copied, as well as the bills which become laws without such approval, and such copies, certified under the great seal, to be forthwith forwarded to the public printer for his use in printing the laws; and the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of the persons employed to make said copies, at the rate of ten cents per hundred words. 1. The commission established by Article XCI, title Surveyor, sub-title State Geological and Economic Survey, is hereby authorized to make provision for the investigation of the question of road construction in Maryland. Ibid. 2. The said commission is hereby authorized to appoint, under the direction of the superintendent of the survey, such assistants and other employes as they shall deem necessary, and the said commission shall also determine the compensation of all persons employed and may remove them at pleasure. 1898, ch. 454. 3. The said commission shall see that proper investigation is made of the condition of the roads in this State, and of the best means of improving the same, together with a study of the classification and distribution of the road building materials in the several counties. Ibid. 4. The said commission shall see that a report upon the state of the roads and the best method of improving, constructing and maintaining the same, with estimates of costs, expenses and plans, be submitted to the next session of the Legislature, and that special reports be prepared at such time as they are deemed necessary. Ibid. 5. The said commission shall see that record is kept of all its proceedings, and of all moneys received and spent under its direction, and for what purposes; which record and account shall be submitted to the said commission at the semi-annual meetings of the same to take place in March and November, such records and accounts to be always open to the inspection of any committee which the Legislature may appoint. Ibid. 6. All moneys paid out on account of this work shall be paid by the State treasurer upon the order of the executive officer of the commission, endorsed by the comptroller. Ibid. 7. The sum of ten thousand dollars annually, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. |