MARYLAND. 



493 



. Clairo schools, since 1885, have had 

 .1 training as part of tin- work of tho 

 niiiiiar, and of tin- high school, 

 cover* three years, wiih lessons in 

 tin- u-r ami rare of tools, in carpent rv, turning, 

 ^', rir., ami drawing, (iirls liavr wood 

 art of each year. '1'tif c nrolliiif nt is 

 increasing. A iif\v high school is under (-on- 

 to contain accommodations for the manual 

 training school. 



>1 \K\ LAM), a Middle Atlantic State, one of 

 tin- original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 April % JH. 17s s ; ana. 12,210 square miles. The 

 pojiulatioii, according to each decennial census, 

 was 8 19,728 in 1790; 341,548 in 1800: 880,540 in 

 i: iu;.:;50 in 1820: 447,040 in 1830; 470,019 

 10; 583,034 in IKiO ; 1W7.04JI in isiid; 780,- 

 is;o : !i:;i.ni:i in 1880; und 1,042,390 in 

 Capital, Annapolis. 



ernincnl. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Elihu K. 

 Jackson, Democrat; Secretary of State, E. W. 

 Compte; Treasurer, Edwin II. Brown; Comp- 

 troller, L. Victor Baughman ; Attorney-Gener- 

 al, William I'. \Vhyte : Secretary of State Board 

 of Education, M. A. Newell? Tax Commissioner, 

 Frank T. Shaw; Chief Justice of the Court of 

 Appeals, Richard II. Alvey ; Associate Justices, 

 John M. Robinson, James McSherry, Levin T. 

 H. Irving. William S. Bryan, John P. Biscoe, 

 Oliver Miller, and David Fowler. 



Population by Races. The following table 

 shows the white and colored population of the 

 State in 1880 and 1890, as reported by the 

 Federal census : 



There were 197 Chinese. 6 Japanese, and 34 

 Indians in the State in 18!)<>. 



Finances. The total revenue received into 

 the treasury during the fiscal year 1891 was 

 $2,837.r>r,s.-j''.i, and the balance Sept, 80, 1890, 

 was $066,845.94, making the total in the treas- 

 ury during the fi-cal year $3.494,414.23. The 

 receipts for 1891 are less than for 1890 by $3,- 

 <);::!,(>:;<;.<;.->. This large decrease is ino.-tly din- 

 to the sale of the bonds of the "exchange loan 

 of 1889," which occurred during 1890. 



The total dUliursemcnts during the fiscal 

 year IH'.H were fJ.'.lM.OKJ.M. tx-ing lew limn 



..f IMO by *'j,7:;i,nr,>.OM. Tlu>diti 

 i* due to tin- redemption during 1H0 .,f llm 

 State ")-|MT-celil. sterling liolids. The balance 



at the close of the fiscal year was $541.:;:.' 



The cMimate* of receipts for the Clirrenl 



year amount I.. WQQ&ffiPM, which, if reali/ed 

 and added to the ImJacce on Sept. '.'At. woulil 

 made the total in the treasury during the cur- 

 rent fiscal year $8,628300.20. 



The receipts on account of the Free-Bchool 

 fund during the fiscal year wen- JfW.'J?-'.^]. 

 This, added to the balance standing to the credit 

 of this fund Sept. 30, 181)0, $(5.938.52, makes 

 an aggregate during the fiscal year 1891 of $76,- 

 210.73. The disbursements during the same 

 time were $71,052.21, leaving a balance on Sept. 

 80. 1891, of $5,158.52. 



The receipts into the several sinking funds for 

 the fiscal year were: 



General sinking fund $10,91225 



Balance, Sept. 80, 1*90 8,88407 $18,746 W 



Pinking fond treasury relief loan . . . 

 Sinking fund defense redemption 



loan $424,714 24 



Balance, Sept. 80, 1890 852 88 



Sinking fund exchange loan 1889. . . $?7.2C9 00 

 Balance, ?ept. 80, 18JH) 18,68450 



109,758 85 



425,566 57 

 55,9(8 60 

 $604^69-74 



There was invested on account of these sink- 

 ing funds during the past fiscal year. $604,- 

 888.53, leaving cash balance to the credit of the 

 treasury relief sinking fund of $81.21. 



The general sinking fund established by the 

 investment* from surplup funds of the State 

 treasury contains stocks and bonds aggre- 

 gating.. 278,008Cfi 



Treasury l.'ellef Loan Sinking fund established 

 in the fiscal year 188(1. in accordance with 

 a special tax for the redemption of $500,000 

 of treasury relief bonds, contains stocks and 

 bonds aggregating 562^10 80 



Tin- iH'fense Redemption Loan Sinking fund, 

 established In the fiscal year 1864 for the 

 redemption of that loan, as by special tax, 

 contains stocks and bonds aggregating. ... 1,580,521 73 



The Exchange Loan of i--'. BU kUffftmd, M- 

 tnbllshed by the Board of Public Works by 

 exchanging the preferred stock of the Balti- 

 more and Ohio K. U. Co. held by the Bute 

 for bonds of said loan, by virtue of Art. XII, 

 sec ."., of the Constitution, contains stocks 

 and bonds aggregating 1,29S,2C8 50 



Total stocks and bonds held by sinking 

 funds $8.719,044 48 



According to the Comptroller's report, the 

 acts of the General Assembly of 1878 and 1888 

 levying a special tax of 1^ cent on each $100 

 of the taxable property, to meet the interest and 

 create a sinking fund for the redemption of the 

 bonds of the treasury relief loan, can now bo re- 

 pealcd, but he suggests that this special tax be 

 added to that levied to pay the interest and 

 create a sinking fund for the redemption of the 

 exchange loan of 1886. as the tax of i cent on 

 each $100 is inadequate to meet even the intend 

 on said loan : consequently, no .sinking fund 

 could be created. 



The receipts of the oyster fund amount to 

 s.v.vjiii i.:;:;. \\hich is less 'than those of the pre- 

 ceding year by $5.918.34. Tho expenditures 

 have been $73,045.81, which exceed those of tho 



