STATE OF MARYLAND, OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BALTIMORE, January 6, 1904. TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN WALTER SMITH, Governor of Maryland. SIR:-I have the honor to transmit to you the annual report of the State Board of Education for the fiscal and school year ending July 31, 1903, with accompanying documents, as required by law. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. B. PRETTYMAN, Secretary. REPORT -OF THE State Board of Education. SUMMARY. The following summary, in connection with the accompanying tables, exhibits in a condensed form the most important facts connected with the administration of the public school system of the State for the fiscal and school year ending in the City of Baltimore December 31, 1902, and in the counties July 31, 1903. The several items are compared with the corresponding items for 190r in the City of Baltimore and for 1902 in the counties: Being a decrease in 1903 of $292,840.25. Amount paid teachers' salaries, city......... counties........ $1,115,756 84 1,005,776 31 Total....... Being an increase in 1903 of $47,276.41. $2,121,533 15 Amount paid for building, repairing and furnishing school-houses, city...... Amount paid for building, repairing and furnishing school-houses, counties... Total........ Being a decrease in 1903 of $5,873.81. Amount paid for books and stationery, city..... $ 14,767 73 138,595 66 $153,363 39 $ 86,718 03 46,412 38 Total....... Being a decrease in 1903 of $40,091.89. Amount paid for rent, fuel and other incidentals, city...... counties. $133,130 41 $ 70,681 77 89,121 61 Total........ $159,803 38 Being an increase in 1903 of $21,550 57. Total expenses for public school purposes, city...... Excluding the City of Baltimore, the county schools show the following results: Number of schools...... 2,369 Decrease in 1903 of 2. |