shall be paid to the collector of county or city taxes for the use of the county or city where the prosecution therefor may be instituted. 1888, art. 29, sec, 11. 1860, art. 32, sec. 11. 1852, ch. 235, sec. 3. 11. If any person against whom any judgment may be rendered for the penalty provided in section 9 shall not immediately pay the same and the costs of the prosecution or give security satisfactory to the justice rendering the judgment for the payment, he shall be committed to jail, there to remain until the same shall be paid or until the expiration of ten days from the date of the commitment, whichever shall first occur. ARTICLE XXX. DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND. 1. Certificate as to deaf and dumb from county commissioners or mayor and city council of Baltimore to governor. 2. Duty of governor upon receipt of certificate. 3. Amount of annual appropriation for such instruction. 4. What recommendation shall state. 5. Limit of annual payment for one. 6. Governor to report to general assembly. 7. Powers of directors of institution for the blind. 1888, art. 30, sec. 1. 1860, art. 33, sec. 1. 1860, ch. 129, sec. 1. 1. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the several counties of this State and of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, on application of any parent, guardian or next friend (provided, such parent, guardian and 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 twentyone years, to inquire into the age and capacity of said deaf and dumb person, and also into the ability of such person, his or her parent or guardian to pay the expense 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 instruction, and that neither such person, nor his or her parents or guardian is or are possessed of means to pay for such instruction, then it shall be the further duty of the county commissioners, or of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, to certify the same to the governor. 1888, art. 30, sec. 2. 1860, art. 33, sec. 2. 1860, ch. 129, sec. 2. 2. On receiving the certificate of the county commissioners or of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the governor to authorize the instruction of said deaf and dumb person in the Maryland institute for the deaf and dumb, located at Frederick, for a term not exceeding seven years; and it shall be the further duty of the governor, on the certificate of the president of said institution that such deaf and dumb person has been taught at said institution, to order the comptroller of the treasury to draw his warrant on the treasurer of this State for two hundred dollars per annum for each deaf and dumb person taught in pursuance of his authority at said institution, payable to the president thereof, in quarterly payments, on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year; and the governor shall also order the comptroller of the treasury to draw on the treasurer his warrant, payable to the proper party, for the expenses necessarily incurred in transporting and returning said deaf and dumb person; provided, that the whole amount drawn from the treasury for the purposes aforesaid shall not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars in any one year; provided, further, that the governor shall dispose of applications in behalf of deaf and dumb persons under the provisions of this article, in the order in which they may be made; and if the applications be more than sufficient to absorb the foregoing appropriation, he shall suspend the action upon the excess until vacancies occur, or further provision be made by the general assembly. Ibid. sec. 3. 1860, art. 33, sec. 3. 1849, ch, 209, sec. 1. 1854, sec. 224. 1868, ch. 205. 1886, ch. 278. 1892, ch. 272. 3. A sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars shall be annually appropriated to be applied under the direction of the governor in placing for instruction in the Maryland school for the blind, formerly known as the Maryland institution for the instruction of the blind, such indigent blind persons of the age of seven years and upwards, inhabitants of this State and of the county or city from which they are recommended, as may be recommended to the governor by the county com missioners of each county or by the judges of the orphans' court of Baltimore city. 1888, art. 30, sec. 4. 1860, art. 33, sec. 4. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1. 4. The recommendation shall state that such blind persons are in such indigent circumstances as to be unable from their own resources or those of their parents to obtain instruction, and are of good natural capacity. Ibid. sec. 5. 1860, art. 33, sec. 5. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 1. 1865, ch. 75. 1886, ch. 278. 5. The amount per annum paid for any one individual shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars. Ibid. sec. 6. 1860, art. 33, sec. 6. 1849, ch. 209, sec. 3. 6. The governor shall report to the general assembly at each regular session thereof the amount of money expended by him, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the names, ages and places of residence of the different appli cants. Ibid. sec. 8. 1874, ch. 236. 7. The directors of the Maryland institution for the instruction of the blind are authorized and empowered to apply such portion of their endowment fund and annual income as they may deem expedient to establish work-shops and to open a store for the sale of articles manufactured by the blind, and to extend the benefits of such work-shops and store to the adult blind of this State not resident in the institution, on such terms and under such regulations as they may prescribe. ARTICLE XXXI. DEBT-PUBLIC. 1. Principal and interest to be paid by treasurer when due. 2. Sterling debt under Act of 1838, ch. 386, redemption of, by exchange loan of 1889. 3. Refunding of State bonds due in 1892. 4. State Penitentiary Loan of 1896. 5. Tax to pay interest and principal on such loan. 6. The Consolidated Loan of 1899. 7. State Building and Improvement Loan under the Acts of 1900, chapters 326 and 607. 8. Tax to pay interest and principal of such loan. 9. State loan of 1902. 10. Disposition of proceeds of sale. 11. Advertisements of loans, when made. 12. Levy of State's taxes. 13. Public Building Loan of 1904. 1834, ch. 279. 1838, ch. 336. 1853, ch. 360. 1888, art. 31, sec. 1. 1860, art. 34, sec. 1. 1839, ch. 33. 1846, ch. 238. 1847, ch. 41. 1. The interest on the public debts heretofore created by this State shall be punctually paid at the times and places and at the rates stipulated, and the same shall be paid as heretofore by the officers and agents whose duty it is made to pay the same; and the principal of said debts shall be paid by the treasurer as it falls due, according to the conditions of the contract by which each debt was incurred. 1888, ch. 201. 2. The exchange loan of 1889, created by and issued under the provisions of the act of 1888, chapter 201, for the redemption of the sterling indebtedness of the State created under the act of 1838, chapter 386 shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the State after the first day of July, 1903, and shall be exempt from all State, county and municipal taxation. State Refunding Bonds. 1890, ch. 305. 3. The State bonds issued under the provisions of the act of 1890, chapter 305, for refunding State bonds due in 1892 shall be payable at the pleasure of the State after the first day of July, 1905, and are exempt from State, county and municipal taxation. State Penitentiary Loan. 1896, ch. 166. 4. The "Penitentiary Loan" of five hundred thousand dollars as authorized by the act of 1896, chapter 166 shall be payable fifteen years after the date thereof, but shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the State after the first day of July, 1906, and shall be and remain exempt from all State, county and municipal taxation. Ibid. 5. The county commissioners of the several counties of this State and the mayor and city council of Baltimore city are hereby directed to levy the State taxes for the year 1897 and annually thereafter, to be collected according to law, to the amount of fifteen-sixteenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars, in addition to the amount now collected, to meet the interest and to create a sinking fund for the redemption of said "Penitentiary Loan." The Consolidated Loan of 1899. 1898, ch. 219, sec. 1 and ch. 220. 6. The principal of the consolidated loan of 1899 issued under the act of 1898 chapter 219 amounting to $5,800,000, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent. per annum, payable on the first day of January and the first day of July in each and every year, shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the State after the first day of January, 1909, and shall be payable on the first day of January, 1914, and said loan and every part thereof and the interest thereon shall be and remain exempted from all State, county and municipal taxation. State Building and Improvement Loan. 1900, ch. 326. 1900, ch. 607. 7. The State building and improvement loan created by and issued under the acts of 1900 chapter 326 and 1900 chapter 327 shall be payable fifteen years after the first day of July, 1900, the date thereof, but shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the State after the first day of July, 1910, and shall be exempt from all State, county and municipal taxation. Ibid. 8. The county commissioners and the mayor and city council of Baltimore city are directed to levy the State taxes for the year 1900 at fifteen-sixteenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars, and for the year 1901 and annually thereafter twelvesixteenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars, to be collected according to law, to meet the interest and to create a sinking fund for the redemption of said "State Building and Improvement Loan.' 1902, ch. 200. 9. For the purpose of erecting an addition to the State house in the city of Annapolis, for the removal and demolition of the State library building and the annexes thereto, and for the purchase of a lot of ground and the construction thereon of a central plant for the heating of all the State buildings in Annapolis and for the furnishing of said State buildings and for the completion of the fifth regiment armory and the construction of an annex to the Maryland house of correction, a loan |