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BAI/IU CO.,
U N I O N.
SUPPiEiiNT.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, ’OS.
OFFICIAL.
C. HARWOOD, Secretary Senate.
W. R. COLE,
Chief Clerk House of Delegates.
CHAPTER 31.
AN ACT to add an article to the Code of Public
Qeuera! Laws, in relation to the Publication of
Laws. . .. ..
Section 1. Beit enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland , That the following Article be
added to the Code of Public General Laws, under
the title of “ Publication of Laws
1. Every Public General Law, which is made
to take effect before the first day of June next,
after the session-at which it may be passed, shall
immediately after its passage be published at the
exjiense of the State, daily for one week, in two
daily newspapers of the city of Baltimore, and
one newspaper in each county, having the largest
circulation, if there he a paper published iu said
county. _ .
2. Every Public Local Law made to take effect
before the first day of Jnne next, after the session
at which it may te passed, shall immediately af
ter its passage be published once in each of three
successive weeks in all the newspapers of the re
spective counties in which it may operate; and in
case there is no newspaper published in any coon
tv, then in such manner as the County Commis
sioners of said county may direct; and in case
any such law is to operate in the city of Baltimore
then once in each of three successive weeks in such
daily newspapers published in said city as the
Mayor thereof may direct; and the Mayor and Ci
ty Council of Baltimore, and the Coanty Com
missioners of the several counties, shall provide
for payment of the expenses of such publication.
3. a certified copy of every Public Local Law
made to take effect a3 aforesaid, shall immediate
ly after its passage be transmitted by mail, by the
Secretary of the Senate, (if the same originated
in the Senate,) and by the chief Clerk of the House
of Delegates, (if the same originated in the House
of Delegates,) to the County Commissioners of
the county or counties in which the same may
operate, or to the Mayor of thecity of Baltimore
if the same is to operate in that city; and it shall
be the duty of the County Commissioners and
Mayor, upon receipt of such certified copy, to
have the same published as provided in the pre
ceding section.
4. A certified copy of ever}’ Public General
Law made to take effect as aforesaid, shall be
transmitted by mail, by the Secretary of the Sen
ate, (if the same originated in the Senate,) and
by the Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates, (if
the same originated in the House of Delegates,)
to such two daily newspapers of the city of Bal
timore, and one newspaper in each county, hav
ing the largest circulation, (if there be a news
paper published in said county,) as the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Delegates may respectively designate for publica
tion, as provided iu the first section of this Ar
ticle.
A BILL
Entitled “An Act to add a new article to the
Code of Public General Laws, to he entitled
‘Public Instruction,’ providing a uniform sys
tem of Free Public Schools for the State of
Maryland, and to repeal all existing laws in
consistent therewith.”
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland , That there shall be a uniform,
system of Free Public Schools, according to the
provisions of this act, in each county of the State
and in every city now incorporated or which may
hereafter be incorporated. And the provisions
of this law shall be added to the Code of Public
General Laws under the title “ Public Instruc
tion.”
TITLE I. OF SUPERVISION.
CHAPTER I.
Section 1, The supervision and control of Pub
lic Instruction shall be vested in the State Board
of Education, consisting of the Governor, Lieut.
Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates,
and the State Superintendent of Public instruc
tion.
Section 2. In a State Superintendent of Public
Instruction appointed by the Governor, subject
to the confirmation of the Senate.
Section 3. In Boards of School Commissioners
for the city of Baltimore and for each county;--
CHAPTER 11.
OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Section 1. The State Board of Education for
the purpose of promoting the interests of Public
Instruction shall hold regular meetings on the
first Wednesday iu March, June, September, and
December of each year, and special meetings as
the Governor may direct.
Section 2. The Board shall supervise all Col
leges and Schools that receive any State donation
or are incorporated by Act of the General As
sembly and require annual reports, which shall
be referred to the State Superintendent.
They shall select a uniform series of text-books
for use in every Public School and High School
established or aided under this act.
They shall issue a uniform code of by-laws for
the government of all the county school boards,
and the schools and high schools under their
charge.
They shall appoint the Professors of the State
Normal School, and determine their salaries.
They shall hare power to remove any County
School Commissioner whenever it shall havebcen
proven to their satisfaction that he has been guil
ty of any willful violation or neglect of duty un
der this act, or of willfully disobeying any deci
sion, order or regulation of the State Superin
tendent.
Section 3. The Board of Education may take
and hold to it and its successors, in trust for the
State, for any city or county, for any school dis
trict or for any particularschool within the State,
any grant or devise of lands, and any donations
or bequests of money or other personal property
made to it for educational purposes; and shall
pay over to the State Treasurer for safe keeping
and investment, all money or other personal prop
erty so received. The Treasurer shall, on the
warrant of the Comptroller, pay from time to
time the income of such investment to the school
authorities of the city, county, or district for
whose benefit the bequest or donation was made.
Section 4. The incidental expenses of the Board
and the expenses of the members thereof incurred
in the discharge of their official duties, shall be
paid by the Treasurer upon warrant of the Com
troller and certificate of the Governor, but shall
not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per
annum.
Section 5. The Secretary of the State Superin
tendent shall act when necessary as clerk of the
Board.
CHAPTER 111.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION—HIS POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section I. The office of the State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction shall be located in the
city of Baltimore, and he is hereby authorized to
appoint a secretary, at an annual salary of twelve
hundred dollars, payable quarterly by the Treas
urer on the warrant of the Comptroller and the
certificate of the Superintendent.
Section 2. The Slate Superintendent shall have
ihe supervision of all the Public Schools in the
State. He shall visit each county annually, for
the purpose of conference with the School Ctitn
miseioners/irispecting the Schools, holding Teac
her’s Institutes, awakening an interest in the cause
of education, and diffusing by public addresses,
such information as will tend to improvement in
government and the instruction of thesebool9.
Section 3. He shall from time to time address
circular letters to Commissioners and Teachers,
giving advice as to the best manner of conduct
ing schools, constructing school-houses, furnish
ing the same, and on all other topics which impart
aid and encouragement to Universal Education.
Section 4. He shall on the fifteenth day of De
cember of every year, report to the Governor.
Ist. The condition of the Schools and Colle
ges of the State, and of all institutions under
his supervision and subject to his visitation.
2d. Estimates and accounts of expenditures of
school monies, and a statement of apportionment
of money to the counties and city of Baltimore.
3d. An abstract of all the reports received by
him from the School Commissioners and the Pres
idents of Colleges.
4th. All such matters relating to his office, and
all such plans and suggestions for the imprbve
ment of the Schools and the advancement of pub
lic instruction in the State as he shall deem ex
pedient.
sth. A statement of his travels in making offi
cial visits during the past year.
Section 5. He ihay, on the recommendation of
an authorized Examiner or on other evidence sat
isfactory to himself, grant a certificate of quali
fication which, until revoked, shall be conclusive
evidence that the person to whom it is granted is
qualified by his moral character, learning and
pbilitv, to teach in the Schools of the State.
Upon cause shown, to his satisfaction, he may
annul any certificate of qualification granted by
an authorized Examiner, or declare any diploma
issued by the State Normal School ineffective and
null within the State, and be may reconsider and
reverse his action in any such matter; provided,
that such annulment shall not take effect Or be
in force until approved by the State Board of Ed
ucation.
Section 6< He shall prepare suitable forms for
registers, blanks, forms and regulations for mak
ing all reports and conducting all business under
this act, and shall cause the same with necessary
instructions to be transmitted to the School Com
missioners, who shall distribute the same.
Section 7. The State Board of Education shall
make such contract for text books for the use of
the schools established by this act, as iu
judgment they may deem advisable, and the State
superintendent shall superintend the issuing of
the books po contracted for to,the several Boards
of city and county School Commissioners, as they
may require them. But nothing in this section
shall be taken to prohibit the several Boards of
city and county school Commissioners or parents
of pupils from purchasing text books of the uni
form series, selected by the State Board of Educa
tion from other parties or in procuring them in
anv other manner. ... . .
Section 8. He shall decide subject to appeal to
the State Board of Education and without cost
to the parties, all controversies or disputes that
may arise under this law the facts of which con-,
troversies or disputes shall be made, known to
him by written statements by the parties thereto,
verified by oath or affirmation if required and
accompanied by certified copies of all documents
necessary to a full understanding of the question
in dispute;
Provided, That nothing contained in this sec
tion shall lie construed as preventing any ques
tions that may arise under this law from being
subject to the jurisdiction of, and being tried in,
the courts of law of this State ; and provided fur
ther, That nothing herein contained shall be con
strued So as to give him jurisdiction in matters
relating to money, property or vested rights.
The Superintendent shall file and arrange in
the order of time, and keep in his office all pro
ceedings on every appeal to or from him, includ
ing his and their decisions and orders founded
thereon.
Section 9. It shall be the duty of the State Su-
Eerintendent' to collect in bis office such school
ooke, apparatus, maps and charts as can be ob
tained without expense to the State ; and also to
purchase at an expense not to exceed one hun
dred dollars a year, rare and valuable works on
education, to be used as books of reference for the
benefit of teachers. He may also subscribe to
such school journals and journals of education
as he may consider valuable, file the same for ref
erence, and have them bonnd at the end of the
year at an annual cost of not exceeding fifty dol
lars, and the said sums are hereby annually ap
propriated to be paid by the Treasurer upon war
rant of the -Comptroller.
Section 10. .The State Superintendent shall be
Principal, ex officio, of the State Normal School.
Section 11. He shall furnish from time to time
a list of books suitable for School District Li
braries and shall prescribe rules and regulations
for the arrangement of 6uch libraries.
Section 12. He shall provide a seal with suita
ble devices for the use of the office of Public In
struction, by which copies of papers deposited or
filed therein and all official acts and decisions
may be authenticated.
Section 13. The State Superintendent shall be
allowed the amount expended for traveling and
personal expenses in making official visits as re
quired by law; also ail necessary contingent ex
penses for books, postage and stationery, fuel and
light, printing of blanks and other matters es
sential to the organization of his office, and hot
otherwise provided for in this law, said amounts
to be paid by the State Treasurer (quarterly ) up
on the warrant of the Comptroller, the Superin
tendent to furnish a bill accompanied with his
affidavit that the money has been expended, but
not to exceed eight hundred dollars per annum,
CHAPTER IV.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
Section }. On the first Monday in June, 18G5,
the State Board of Education shall appoint, to
hold office four years, such number of School
’ Commissioners in each county as the State Super
intendent may direct. Each Commissioner shall
have the special charge of such number of School
Districts, not less than fifteen, as the State Super
i. intendent may appoint, which shall constitute
! and be designated Commissioner District No. 1,
i No. 2, &c. The annual salary of each School
Commissioner, and of each President of every
! Board of School Commissioners, shall be deter
: mined by the State Board of Education, and be
• paid by the County Commissioners as other county
officers are paid.
Section 2. The persons so appointed and their
successors are hereby declared to be a body poli
: tic and corporate, by the name and style of the
Board of School Commissioners of city or
county, and by that name shall have perpetual
succession, and shall be capable to sue and be
sued, and to have and use a common seal, atid the
Same at their pleasure to alter or break, and to
exercise all the powers and privileges hereby gran
ted to or vested in them..
All property, estate and effects, all money, all
funds, all claims, all State donations, now vested
! by law in any County or School District, any
Board of School Commissioners, any Board of
Co&nty Commissioners, any Board of Inspectors
Of Primary Schools, or any other body of per
sons whatever, for the use and benefit of Public,
Primary, Free or High Schools in the several
counties, or any of them, arc hereby vested in
and transferred to the Board of School Commis
-1 sioners of the County.
And it shall be the Imperative duty of all the
parties aforesaid, to' convey, transfer and pay
over all such property, estate and effects, all mon
ey, all fiinds, all claims, all State donations to
the said Boards of School Commissioners, except
sneb grant or devise of lands donations and be
-1 quests of money or other personal property, de
signed as or now constituting such Permanent
School Fond, as the State Board of Education
may take and hold in accordance with the pro
visions of section 3, chapter 2, of title 1, and
sections sth and 6tb, chapter, title 4. If any of
the parties aforesaid shall refuse to comply with
the provisions of this section the Board of School
Commissioners shall immediately apply to the
Judge of the Circuit Court for the writ of man
damus to compel obedience thereto.
Provided, nevertheless, That the titles to all
School taxes and lots, and all personal effects now
held by any Board of School Commissioners, any
Board of Inspectors of Primary Schools, any
Board of County Commissioners any county or
school district, shall pass to tho Board of School
1 Commissioners without any formal conveyance.
Section 3. There shall be a President of each
Board of School Commissioners, who shall be
| appointed from their number by the Board of
Education. He shall have the general superin
tendence of all the schools of the county and-of
school-houses and district libraries, and he shall
perform such other duties as the Board of Edu
-1 cation may from time to time direct. And the
| Board so constituted shall assemble on the second
[ Tuesday of July, 1865, for the purpose of organ
ization. They shall appoint a Secretary, who
■ shall also be Treasurer of the Board, and shall re
ceive such compensation as the Board may direct.
Section 4. The Treasurer of each board shall
1 give bond to the State of Maryland, with at least
‘ two securities, to be approved by the Board of
| School Commissioners, in the penal sum of two
thousand dollars, with condition that he will
faithfully perform the duties of Treasurer, pay
’ over and apply all moneys that shall come to his
! hand or care as a Treasurer, to such persons and
in such manner as the School Commissioners may
. direct, and he will keep afnll account of all mon
' cy received and paid by him, and of all matters
relating to the duties of his office, and preserve
the same, and all vouchers relating to his office,
1 whenever they are required by the School Cora
-1 missioners, to such person as they shall appoint
1 to receive the same.
Section 5. In all cases where a coanty has not
1 been properly divided into School Districts, and
full records of the boundaries thereof have not
1 been made and recorded, the Board of School
Commissioners shall appoint a committee, con
sisting of two persons of intelligence and sound
judgment, members of their own body or other
wise, who shall divide the county into suitable
School Districts and define and describe the boun
daries of each, provided, that no School District
shall contain a greater area than four miles square
unless a part of it be located in a mountainous
or unpopulated region.
In the formation of the School Districts, the
committee shall take into consideration Abe most
suitable site for the school house, the general fea
tures of the country, such as streams or other
waters, fountains, roads, railroads, villages,'
towns, cities, and especially the population, artd
shall make each School District of such size and
form as will best accommodate the population
within its bounds. The committee shall make a
full and clear description of the boundaries of
the School Districc accompanied by a plat, and
shall Teport the same to the School Commission
ers, who shall thereupon give notice in all the
newspapers of the county at what time they will
meet to hear application for a change of bounda
ries, which application shall be made in writing
and within two months from the date of the first
publication of such notice.
When the application.shall have been made
and considered, the Board of School Commission
ers may then change the boundaries 6f tbe School
Districts and revise the description, or they may
without application make such changes as may
be deemed important, or they may ratify and con
firm the report of ihe committee without altera
tion. '
The description of the boundaries of the School
Districts shall be recorded in the Journal of the
School Commissioners, or in a bOok kept for that
purpose in their office.
In those counties where no newspapers is pub- i
lished, t)ie notice of application for change or <
boundaries shall be published in the newspa|>ers I
of the adjoining county. '
YY r henever it may become necessary, the noaru <
of School Commissioners shall employ a survey- i
or to aid tbe committee in dividing lie countyt, i
and they shall allow each member of the com- <
mittee and tbe surveyor such compensation tor i
his survices as may be just and proper. 1
'They shall report the entire cost of dividing the i
county and the publication of the notices afore- .
said to the County Commissioners, who shall levy
the amount as other county expenses are levied,
and shall pay the Same t 6 the Treasurer of the
Board of School Commissioners, by whom it shall
be paid to parties to whom it may be due.
If a county ha 9 already been divided into
School Districts which it may be necessary to re
vise, the Bourd of School Commissioners shall
have full power to make such revisions or altera
tions aB may be necessary to accommodate the
population and increases tbe efficiency of the
schools. 1
A full description of such Changes and altera
tions shall also be made and recorded as aforesaid.
The School Districts shall be numbered in such
manner as the State Superintendent may direct.
The mode of dividing thecity of Baltimoreinto
School Districts, and of locating the schoolhouses
shall be fixed by tbe Mayor and City Council, and
not be subject to the requirements of this section.
• Section C. It shall be the duty of the School
Commissioners, each for his own school district,
subject to the provisions of the by-laws issued by
the State Board of Education, to employ teachers
from among those persons who hold the proper
certificate to attend to the distribution of books
and stationery, requiringeach pupil to pay iu ad
vance for the use of the same unless exempted
therefrom ; to exercise a general supervision outer
the schools, visiting them at least once each term;
to have the care and custody of all school houses
school furniture.and apparatus and school house
sites; purchase fuel, and provide for all inciden
tal expeuges, keep school houses and enclosures in
repair, have shade trees planted, advise concern
ing the discipline and management and course of
instruction pursued ; require examination of tho
pupils in any or all branches of study, and to
use their influence and exertions to increase tbe
usefulness and elevate the standard of tbe schools
and convince the people of the inestimable value
of sound education.
Section 7. They shall canse instruction to be
given in each schoiol district, for at least six
months in each year, and if the State and coun
ty appropriations fail to prolong the school ses
sion, then to allow the use of school houses and
furniture for subscription schools under their dr
r° Section 8. Every District Commissioner shall
have power totake affidavits and administer oaths
in all matters pertaining to Public schools, but
without charge or fee, and under the direction of
the State superintendent of Public Instruction
to take and report to him the testimony in any
1 case of appeal.
Section 9. They shall examine any charge at*
1 feeling the moral character of any teacher within
their district, first giving the teacher a rcasona
-1 ble notice of the charge, and an opportunity to
defend himself therefrom, and if the charge be
sustained shall annul the teacher’s certificate, by
whomsoever granted, and declare him unfit to
' teach, and if tho teacher hold a certificate of ihe
state superintendent or a diploma of the state
Normal school, shall notify the superintendent
1 forthwith of such annulment. Provided, always,
that the teacher shall have the right of appeal to
the Board of school Commissioners. "
Section 11. It shall be the duty of each Dis
trict Commissioner to collect from each teacher
' and report in tabular form the condition of the
schools in his District, at each Quarterly Mcet
-1 ing of the Board. These reports shall be filed
' by the Secretary and preserved for the use of the
' President of the Board of school Commissioners
1 in making up his annual report to the State su
perintendent. 1
Section 12. Whenever the number of children
between the ages of six and eighteen attending
school, in any school District, is greater than
one hundred, then the Commissioner may, in
| stead of dividing the district, proceed, with the
consent of the Board, to establish schools of dif
i ferent grades and to determine into which school
each pupil shall be admitted.
Section 13. The Board of Public school Cota
[ missioners shall publish annually in one of the
' papers of the county or otherwise, a statement of
j the moneys received and expended, setting forth
all the financial operations of each district, and
if there be no newspapers within the limits of
[ the county, then they shall publish the same In
' r some other form as may be ordered, and forward
a copy to the office of tho State superintendent.
TITLE 11. THAT WHICH IS TO BE SU
PERVISED.
CHAPTER I.
SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.
i Section 1. For the purpose of providing schools
, in sufficient number, and convenient of access,
' the several counties shall be divided as hereinbe
, fore provided.
Section 2. The resident voters of each district
shall assemble at the school bouse on the first
Monday of May in each year, at four o’clock in
[ the afternoon, to discuss questions relating to the
r condition of the school house, its site and Turni
p ture, and to take such action as may tend to the
5 improvement of education and make the school
’ as good as in the exercise of a sound discretion
they may deem expedient. The meeting shall
| be organized by the appointment of a Moderator
, who shall preside, and a Clerk, Yvho shall keep
. a minute of the proceedings.
Section 3. A copy of all the proceedings of the
. district meeting shall be made by tbe Clerk and
r certified by the Chairman, and forwarded to the
. District Commissioner by him, to be reported to
, the Board of school Commissioners at the next
t quarterly meeting.
CHAPTER 11.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
t Section 1. The District commissioner shall
have care and control of all houses and lands
connected therewith within the limits of his dis
[ trict; also of the furniture, apparatus, and other
f property belonging to the district. He shall at
i tend to all necessary repairs, and charge the cost
1 among the incidental expenses of the school, to
• be paid as such incidental expenses are provided
• for.
Section 2. Every school house shall be built
[ and famished according to plans and drawings
r issued from the office of the state superintendent
' or according to plans from County Boards, sub
’ mitted to and approved by him, that proper regard
• may be had to light and ventilation, and other
l matters that conduce to the comfort, health and
. good order of the pupils.
i Section 3. Every school house site must be
> provided with suitable outbuilding for convenience
r and decency ; also for the protection of fuel and
■ other articles needed for the good order of the
f school, but not proper to be placed in the school
I room.
Section 4. If any person shall willfully injure
any school house, or the buildings and fences con
l ncctcd therewith, or disfigure the same with paint
■ or otherwise, or mark thereon any obsceno words
figures or devices, or post thereon any paper or
■ other material bearing such words, figures or de
. vices he shall, on conviction thereof in the
I Circuit Court of the county where the offence
t was committed or in the Criminal court of Bal*
F timore, if the offence be committed in the city of
> Baltimore, be punished by fine not exceeding
l fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county
' jail not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the dis
i cretion of the court. The fine shall be paid one
-1 half to the informer, and one-half to the School
r house fund for the school District.
• Section 5. Whenever in the opinion of the
i voters of any school district, as expressed at the
' annual school meeting, the location of a school
i house ought to be changed it shall be tbe duty
-of the Board of school Commissioners to inquire
t into the facts of the case, and if they deem it
expedient they may sell and convey the said school
i house and lands and appropriate the avails tq the
1 erection of another school house upon such site
t as they may select.
1 Section 6. No school house shall be used for
any other than public school purposes and school
district meetings without the consent, first ob
• tained, of the district commissioner.
! The location of school houses in the city of
Baltimore and all matters connected with the
: building and furnishing thereof, are to be decided
1 by flic Mayor or City Council or by the Board
1 of Commissioners for. schools in the city of Bal
timore, if the Mayor and Council so direct.
CHAPTER 111.
SCHOOL HOUSE SITES.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the District
Commissioner, with the consent of the Board, to
select a suitable school house site in eaeh school
District.
Section 2. The Board of school Commission
ers may receive donations of such sites or loca
tions for school houses as may be designated, if
any be offered, or may purchase the same, or may
purchase any house already built and adapted to
school purposes, which may be suitably located
in any school district; but in no case shall anv
site bo occupied or any school house be buift
thereon until a good and sufficient title shall have
been obtained by the same in the corporate name
of the Board of school Commissioners for the
county.
Section 1 3. Where lands shall be required for
the site of a school house, or for enlarging a
school honsc lbt, and tho Commissioner of the
District shall from any cause be unable to con
tract with the Owner thereof, the Board of school ;
Commissioners may apply for a writ of ad quod !
damnnn to the Clerk or the Circuit Court for the,
county or the Superior Court for Baltimore city, i
as the case may be, who shall forthwith issue the ]
same, 1 and the sheriff shall execute the said writ <
and retqrn an inquisition describing the land and i
stating the amount of damages to be paid to the .
owner, and the Judge of,the Circuit Court for 1
tbe county or of the Superior Court ol Bultiinoro
city, may, at any time alter the return of the in- |
quisition, in term or during the recess, hear a
motion to confirm sucty inquisition, on such no- „
tice to the parties as ho may direct, and confirm
or quash the same, and if he quashes the inqui
sition he shall order a new ope forthwith to be
taken. But no lot so taken or enlarged shall ex
ceed in the whole, one acre, including the land
occupied by .the sciiool buildings.
Section 4. In all cases when school house sites
are thus purchased or condemned, the cost there
of shall be paid by the school Commissioners as
other public school property is paid for.
CHAPTER IV.
SCHOOLS,
Section 1. In every school District in each ci
ty and county established as hereinbefore provi
ded, there shall be kept for at least six months
in each year, one or more schools, according to
population, which shall be free to all white youth
over six and under nineteen years of age.
Section 2. In every District school there shall
be taught Orthography, Reading, Writing, Eng
lish Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, the His
tory of the United States and good behavior, Al
gebra, Book-keeping, Natural Philosophy, Vo-
Music, Drawing, Physiology, the Laws of
Health and of Domestic Economy shall also be
taught whenever tho District Commissioners shall
deem it expedient.
Section 3. Whenever a school numbers over
sixty children an assistant teacher shall be em
ployed, and tho Commissioner shall direct the
division of the pupils so as to form a graded school
the principal teacher instructing the higher school.
Section 4. Public examinations shall be held
in each school once in each term of which due no
tice shall be given, that parents and others inter
ested in public instruction may attend.
Section 5. School shall be kept open six hours
each day except Saturday, and the hours for teach
ing shall be regulated by the several District
Comtmqpi oners.
Section 6. Any person who shall willfully dis
turd, interrupt or disquiet any District school in
session, or any persons assembled with the per
mission of the District Commissioner in any dis
trict school house for the purpose of giving or
receiving instruction in any branch of education
or learning, shall forfeit twenty dollars lor the
benefit of the school district.
Section 7. If any person convicted of the said
offence do not immediately pay the penalty with
costs, the party so convicted shall be committed
to the jail of the county, there to be imprisoned
until the penalty and costs be paid, but not ex
ceeding thirtv days.
Section 8. The school year shall be divided in
to four terms, which shall dc designated the fall,
winter, spring and summer terms. The fall term
shall commence on the first day of September
and close on the fifteenth of November. The
winter term shall commence on the sixteenth day
of November and close on the thirty-first day of
January. The spring term shall commence on
the first day of February and close on the fif
teenth day of April. The summer term shall
commence on the sixteenth day of April and close
on the thirtieth day of June.
; The months of July and August shall be va
cation, and the following day shall he holidays,
viz : Thanksgiving Day, from Christmas eve to
the first'day of Januarv ibetusive, Washington’s
Birthday, from the Friday before Easter to the
Monday after Easter inclusive, and Monday after
: Whit Sunday. J ' •
These divisions of the year shall be strictly
adhered to throughout the State, and in case it
may be necessary to open o school for a fraction
of a term, it shall close at the end of the term,
and all accounts shall be settled at the meeting
of the school held at the close of
the term.
CHAPTER V.
• ; TEACHERS.
Section 1. No person shall be employed as a
teacher under this law unless holding the certifi
cate of qualification issued by an authorized ex
aminer or the diploma of graduate of the State
Normal School. .
Section 2. Teachers shall be appointed by the
District Commissioner, and may be removed at
any time said Commissioner may think proper.
Section 3. Teachers shall keep, prepare and
enter into registers provided for that purpose an
accurate account of the attendance of pupils, text
books used, and branches taught, and such other
statistics as may be required, and make due re
turn thereof to the District Commissioners at the
end of each term ; and no teacher shall be enti
tled to receive payment for services until the reg
ister, properly filled up and completed, be so re
turned.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of all teachers
in schools of every grade, to impress upon the
minds of youth committed to their instruction
the principals of piety and justice, loyalty, and a
sacred regard for truth, love of their country, hu
manity and benevolence, sobriety, industry, and
ehastity, and those virtues which are the basis
upon which a republican Constitution is founded
and it shall be the duties of such instructors to
lead their pupils into a clear understanding of the
tendency of these virtues, to preserve the bless
ings of liberty, promote temporal happiness, and
advance the greatness of the American nation.
Section 5. Salaries of teachers in the city of
Baltimore and each county shall be fixed by the
Board of school Commissioners of tho city and
of the several counties.
CHAPTER VI.
PUPILS.
Section 1. All white yonth between the ages
of six and nineteen years are entitled to free in
struction in any of the public schools of the State,
the studies of which they may be able to pursue
prrvided that whenever there are graded schools
the district commissioner shall determine to which
school each pnpil shall be admitted.
Section 2. Pupils guilty of disorderly or im
moral conduct, who after admonition refuse to
reform, shall be suspended or expelled from the
school by the teacher, and his case referred to the
Commissioner.
Section 3. Children living remote from the
public school of the school district in which they
reside, may attend the school in an adjoining dis
trict, under sUch directions as the Commissioner
may prescribe.
Section 4. No child shall be admitted to <my
public school who shall not produce a certificate
from a regular physician that he or she has been
properly vaccinated.
CHAPTER VII.
TEXT BOOKS.
Section 1. To secure harmony in the system
of public instruction, and to enable children mov
ing from one county to another to pursue their
studies without interruption or unnecessary ex
pense to parents or guardians; and also to pre
pare advanced pupils, uniformly for the higher
grades of instruction in High schools and Col
leges, there shall be a uniform series of Text
Books used in all the schools of the State or
ganized under this law.
Section 2. The uniform series df Text Books
shall be prescribed by the State Board of Edu
cation, and may be contracted for by them as
hereinbefore provided for, and shall be distribu
ted by the State superintendent, to the Board of
school commissioners, in quantities and at times
as advised by them.
Section 2. On the first day of July each year
the several Boards of city and county school com
missioners may send to the office of the State su
perintendent, a schedule of books and stationery
required for the use of schools in their cities and
counties during the following school year, stating
when and in what quantities they shall be for
warded. Bills of books forwarded shall be made
and sent to the Board of school commissioners,
who shall immediately pay for the same.
Section 4. The accounts for purchase and dis
tribution of text books and stationery shall be
kept separate and distinct from all other accounts
connected with* the office of the State superinten
dent, and a full statement of contracts, receipts
and disbursements shall be made annually to tho
Governor or General Assembly, and appended to
the report of said superintendent.
Section 5. The Boards of school Commission
ers shall decide how tho text books and station
ery shall be distributed, and upon what terms they
shall be sold, or the use of them granted to pu
pils, provided always, that if. the District Com
missioner is of opinion that the parent or guar
dian of any pupil is unable to pay the expense of
books, he may then permit the use of books to
such pupil free of charge.
Section 6. There shall be a special clerk ap
pointed by the State superintendent, who shall
attend to receiving and distributing text books
and stationery, ana shall keep all accounts con
nected therewith, anil perform such other duties
as the superintendent may direct, receiving for his
services the Sum of eight hundred dollars per an
num, payable quarterly bji the Treasurer on the
warrant of the Comptroller and the certificate of
the superintendent.
CHATTER VIII.
! HIGH SCHOOLS, i
Section 1. * There shall bfe for each county at
least one High school, in which instruction shall
be given to males add females in the higher bran
chos of English and Scientific Education, and in
the Latin add Greek Languages and Mathemat
ics, Sufficient to prepare youth to enter any one
of the State Colleges under control of the Coun
cil of the University of Maryland. The terms
of admission to the High schools shall be deter
mined by the State Board of Education. The
number of High schools in the city of Baltimore
shall be determtned by the Board of school com
missioners.
Section 2. Whenever tho Board of school com
missioners of any two counties shall think it ex
pedient they may, with the consent of the Board
of Education, unite their funds and establish at
some convenient and central location a Union
iiiinjjijWiiMß)! ||,l ''■■l'WW I . . ■■■'!"■
High school, which shall he open to youth of 1
both counties.
Section 3. Such Union High school shall be i
governed by a joint committee consisting of two
members of each county Board, ami shall be sub
ject to the visitation and examination equally of
the President of the Board of school Commis
sioners of each county uniting to establish the
school. . . ,
Section 4. The state donations now made to
Academies and schools, consisting of an annual
appropriation to each county, and now divided
among several Academies, or paid to the school
commissioners for the General school 1‘ und, shall
constitute—together with such other donations as
from time to time may be made, and annual ap
propriations by the County Board—a High school
Fund, and be used by the Board of school com
missioners, to aid in paying the salary of the
Principal and other teachers of the High school.
Sections. Suitable buildings for the High
school, together with a residence for the Principal,
shall bo provided by the Board of school Com
missioners : Provided, however, That before pro
ceeding to locate the High school, the Board of
Commissioners shall advertise and receive’offers
from the citizens of any district or town who
may be inclined to provide suitable buildings, ap
paratus, &c., in order to secure *the location of
the High school in their neighborhood.
Section G. These buildings shall be kept in re
pair by and the title vested in the Board of school
Commissioners. In all particulars concerning
text books, course of study, mode of discipline,
the High school shall bo under the control of the
State Board of Education.
Section 7. Each High school shall be visited
and examined annually by the State superinten
dent or a Professor of the State Normal school
appointed by him. They shall also be visited at
least once each school term by the President of
thcßoard of school Commissioners, who shall re
port quarterly to the Board the result of his ob
servations, making such suggestions as he may
think will improve the efficiency of the instruc
tion and increase the benefits which the school
is designed to confer, all of which shall he include
in his annual report to the State superintendent.
Soetion 8. The Principal of each High school
shall report annually to the Board of school Com
missioners. •
Section 9. In every High school of the State,
and if practicable, in each College, Military Tac
tics shall form a department of instruction ; and
the General Assembly, from time to time, shall
afford all possible facilities to foster and render
efficient Militarv Instruction.
CHAPTER IX.
COLLEGES.
Section 1. The annual donations to St. John’s
College, Annupolis; Washington College, Ches
tertown; the Agricultural Collego in Prince
George’s county, and tne Baltimore Female Col
lege arc continued until otherwise ordered by the
General Assembly, subject to the condition that
they shall afford tuition in all the branches taught
' and use of books free of charge to one student
for every hundred dollars that such College re
ceives from the State; in accordance with which
! .requirements the further sum of seven hundred
: dollars, in addition to the present donation, shall
on the warrant of the Comptroller of the State,
be annually paid, on the first day of April of each
year, to the President of the Board of Trustees
i of the Baltimore Female College, for the support
i of said institution. The aboae Colleges shall rc
: port annually to the State superintendent in such
■ form ns may be ordered by the Board of Educa
tion, and comply with all the other requirements
■ of Article 84 of the Code, entitled, “Schools and
t of their respective Charters.”
i Section 2. The sum of three thousand dollars
shall, on warrant of the Comptroller, be paid nn
; tonally by the Treasurer to the Faculty of Arts
f and Sciences of the University of Maryland, sit
uate in Baltimore, for the support of the College
Department; said Faculty to afford, tuition in all
branches taught, and use of books free of charge
l to one student for every hundred dollars received
• from the State.
Section 3. The Faculty of Arts and sciences
i of the University of Maryland shall report annu
ally to the State superintendent according to such
! form as may be ordered by the State Board of
t Education, and comply with all other requirc
. ments of article eighty-four of the Code of Pub
-1 lie General Laws, entitled “ schools,” as they ap
i ply to colleges.
i Section 4. St. John’s College, Annapolis;
r Washington College, Chestertown; the Mary
■ land Agricultural College, Prince George’s coun
; ty ; and the Faculty of Arts and sciences, and
- the Law schools, shall constitute the University
• of Maryland, to be controlled and governed as
- tnay be directed.
Section 5. The Law school of the University
s of Maryland "Shall be located at Annapolis, and
5 be connected with St. John’s College, Annapolis,
i with the consent of the Board of Visitors of said
i College, and the sum of one thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated, to be paid by the Treasurer
I upon the warrant of the Comptroller on the first
i day of April in each year to the Board of Visi
l tors of St. John’s College, to aid in supporting
the Law school whenever it shall be organized
s to the satisfaction of the State Board of Educa
• tion. For every one hundred dollars granted to
1 the Law school, one pupil, a graduate of one of
the Colleges of the University of Maryland, ap
f pointed by the State Board of Education, shall
s enjoy all the privileges of lectures and other in
-1 struction, free of charge.
Section 6. Graduates of the High school of
the city of Baltimore and of the several counties
shall always have preference for appointment to
i the privileges of free tuition in College. Such
• appointment shall dc made by the President of
, Board of school Commissioners on the first day
! of July in each year. All applicants shall be
i examined and their fitness determined by the fac
i ulty of the College to which they are appointed
and those who arc not graduates of High schools
must present satisfactory certificates of scholastic
ability, industry and good morals before they can
be examined for admission to any College,
s Section 7. These appointments shall be
divided by the State Boards of Education,
! who shall also designate the Colleges to
' which students from the. city of Baltimore
| and the several counties shall be admitted,
among the counties and the city of Balti
, more, according to representation in the
j General Assembly, and in case the city of
Baltimore or any county does not by the
first day of September, avail itself of the
privilege of nominating students then the
vacancies may be filled by the State Board
1 of Education from applicants at large, so
; that the whole number of youth may enjoy
’ the advantage designated to be secured
through the State donation, and the system
. of free public instruction in Primary schools
Grammar schools, High schools and Col
; leges be realized.
Soetion 8. The annual commencements
for conferring degrees shall be held in the
city of Baltimore on the fourth day of July,
nndjer such regulations as the council of the
University of Maryland, may from time to
. time announce; this shall not take effect
; until the Board of Education, after consul
tation with the regents of the University
• may direct, and shall in no way interfere
with such liteary exercise and class orations
as aro held at the different Colleges at the
close of each collegiate year.
TITLE III—MODE OF SECURING
COMPETENT TEACHERS.
CHAPTER I.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Pres
ident of the Board of school Commission
ers to examine all for the pro
fession of teachers’in the presence of any
members of the Board of school Commis
sioners, should they desire to be present,
and to give each person found qualified a
certificate sotting forth .the brauohes they
are competent to teach ; but no certificate
shall be granted without satisfactory evi
dence of the moral character of the appli
cant. ■>
Sec. 2. The certificates issued shall be
numbered and registered for each city and,
county in a book kept by the said President
and to be delivered to his successors in of
fice, and shall be denominated first or sec
otod grade, as the case may be. Certificates
of the first grade shall embrace Orthogra
phy, History, English Grammar, Book
keeping, Algebra and Natural Philosophy;
and the second grade shall embrace Orthog
raphy, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Ge
ography, History and English Grammar.—
Blank certificates to be obtained from the
State superintendent’s office, in the samd
way that text-books and stationery are.
Sec. 3. No applicant shall be examined
as a teacher, being a male, under twenty
years of ago ; and if a female, under eigh
teen years of age.
Sec. 4. No certificates shall continue iff
force longer than three years.
Sec. 5. The President shall hold regular
examinations of Teachers at each quarter
ly meeting of the Board, and at pther times
when requested by any District Comtuisr
sioner.
. Sec. 6. Any Teacher holding a certificate,
issued by a President, may bo examined at
any time by the State superintendent, or a
Professor of the Normal school, deputed by
the State superintendent, and if fouud de-|
ficient, the certificate shall be cancelled.
Sec. 7. Each Teacher examined under
j* ' * *
this law, before receiving a certificate, shall b
pay to the Treasury of tue Board of school ti
Commissioners the sum of two dollars, if d
first grade, or ono dollar if of the second
grade.
CHAPTER 11. t
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. s
Section 1. District, County and State c
Teachers’ Associations are recommended c
as an important method of elevating the a
standard of public instruction by mutual
conference, interchange of views and sag- •-
gestions as to systems of teaching and dis- J
cipline.
Sec. 2. These Associations being volnn- t
tary, it should be the care of the school -
Commissioners to aid in thoir organization,
to encourage attention, to secure competent
lecturers, and to impart such information
as they may be able, as will encourage teach- <
ers in their work, and fit them for the per- 1
formance of their arduous and responsible I
duties.
Sec. 3. These Associations must assero- i
ble at least once in each school term, on i
Saturday of some month, and may occupy i
any of the school houses. Stationery for
the use of the,, meeting shall hie furnished
gratuitously by the Boardof school Com- i
missioners.
1 Sec. 4. For the purpose of organizing
Teachers’ Associations and deciding upon
the places of assembling, thfePresident of
the Board shall convene the Teachers of
|contiguou3 districts, embracing at least
twenty.five schools, who may select a Pres
ident and Secretary, and adopt such by-laws
as may be deemed expedient. The Presi
dent shall arrange the time of meeting of
the several Associations, that he may at
tend all or as many as may be practicable.
CHAPTER 111.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTES.
Section 1. A Teachers’ Institute shall be
held once in each year to continue at least
six days in every county that contains fifty
teachers. Whenever a county has less than
fifty teachers it may unite with an adjacent
county ; Provided, The joint number of
teachers does not exceed one hundred.
Sec. % It shall be the doty of every teach
er under penalty of not less than five nor
more than twenty-five dollars, to attend the
institute and remain through its entire ses
| sion, unless excused by the President of
the County school Board.
, ! Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Presi
■ dent of the Board of County school Cotn
i missioners to notify each teacher of the
time and place of meeting of the Institute,
t j Sec. 4. These Institutions being design
* ed as temporary normal schools, shall be
! presided over by the State superintendent
or a Professor of the State Normal school,
assisted by such members of the Board of
’ school Commissioners who may elect to
; attend.
t { Sec. 5. During the session of the Insti
tution there shall be a vacation of the
i schools, and an appropriation shall be made
-by the Boards of school Commissioners of
3 the County to pay the travelling expenses
J of the teachers. The President of the Coun
ty Boards shall select the place of assem
* biing, and make such arrangements as will
3 secure to the teachers a hospitable recep
. tion, and as far as practicable, freedom from
a (expense for Board during the session.
I Sec. 6. The said President shall report
e to the Board of school Commissioners a
1 catalogue of the names of all persons who
shall have attended such Institute, together
s , with such other information as may be of
interest.
L CHAPTER IV.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Section 1. There shall be located in the
. city of Baltimore, until the Board of Edu
cation otherwise direct, a State Normal
; school for the instruction and practice of
- teachers of public schools in the science of
' education and.the art of teaching, and the
1 mode of governing schools.
f Sec. 2. The sessions of the State Normal
s school shall be held in such suitable build
,, ing as may be provided by the Mayor and
j City Council of Baltimore, or they declin
, jng to do so, in such building as the State
i superintendent may select, the rent being
& charged among the incidental expenses,
r Sec. 3. The Faculty of the Normal school
1 Shall consist of two male and two female
* Professors, appointed by the State Board
jj of Education, and to have such salaries and
perform such duties as they may direct,
j Sec - 4. There shall be in each year two
f sessions of tho school, the first session com
- mencing September 15, 1865, and ending
1 December 20 ; the second commencing Jan
- uary 5,1366, and ending April 5, and soon
for each and every year until otherwise or
* dered.
s Sec. 5. The number of students shall not
3 exceed two hundred and fifty of both sexes,
j- Males .being* not younger than seventeen
y years, and females being not younger than
; sixteen years, to be appointed as follows :
1 —Twb for each member of House of Dele
-1 gates and one for each Senator, to be selec
s ted from the respective counties and the
c city of Baltimore by the Board of school
1 Commissioners, whom the said Board shall
certify they have examined and approved
3 as possessed of the qualifications required
> of teachers under this law ; the object of
l tho Normal school being, not to educate
3 teachers in studies now required by law, but
’ to receive such as are found competent in
‘ these studies, and train them in the best
3 methods of teaching and conducting public
; schools. Before any appointment shall be
3 made the applicants shall fill a written dec
-3 laration that their object in getting admis
-3 sion to the school is to qualify themselves
for the employment of public school teach
-3 ors, and that it is their intention to engage
[ in that employment within the State ; and
in case any student should fail to fulfill their
‘ obligations, they shall forfeit and pay thirty
3 dollars for each session they have attended
' the Normal school as recompense for their
tuition and tke use of text books. If there
3 be not a sufficient number of appointments
’ then the State superintendent may fill all
< vacancies byselecting from among qualified
! applicants from aßy other portion of the
1 State,' .
* ; Sec. 6. In addition to tho students ad
; mitted from the counties who shall enjoy all
the privileges of the school and be furnish
ed with tho use of text books free of charge,
1 there may be additted fifty pupils possessed
of the required qualifications who desire to
prepare themselves for the duties of teach
ers in private schools and academies, who
shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars per
and purchase their own text books,
and be subject in every respect to the rules
and regulations as other students are.
| Sec. 7. The State superintendent shall
ex officio the Principal of the Normal
school, - shall prescribe th© course of study
and supervise the general curriculum in ev
ery particular not provided for in this law.
He shall make provision for model primary
and grammar schools under permanent and
highly qualified teachers, in whieh the stu
dents of the Normal school shall have op
portunity to practice the modes of instruc
tion and discipline inculcated in tho Nor
mal school. The salary of the teachers of
the Model and experimental schools to be
paid in part from the tuition fees derived
from the pupils of said Model schools.
I Sec. 8. The annual sum of seven thous
and dollars is hereby appropriated for tke
support of the State Normal school, to be
paid in quarterly instalments, commencing
oh the first day of Octobor, 1865, (by the
Treasurer on warrant of tho Comptroller,)
and to be distributed by the State superin
tendent as the Board of Education may di
ixect, but oaly for teachers’ salaries, and the
purchase of educational apparatus.
; j The cost of text books, stationery, fuel,
light and cleaning the rooms, shall be charg- ,
ed to the incidental expenses of the school
and paid on tho first day of January and the
first day of July in each year bv the Treas- ,
ufer upon warrant of Comptroller and car- ,
tificate of State Board of Education, pro
vided sneb sum shall not exceed one thou- (
sand dollars.
Sec. 9. All donations or bequests of mon- 1
ey or other personal property, and all grants 1
or devises: of lands for the benefit of the 1
State Normal school, shall be held in trust 1
by the State Board of Education. j
Set. 10. The sum of two thousand dol- ■
lars, or so much thereof as may be neces- ,
sary, is hereby appropriated to purchase 1
furniture for the Normal school, to be paid i
iv the Treasurer on warrant of the Comp
’roller and certiaeate of State enpennte.-
le ree°U U AH of**•
Nwailrohool ehall be taught MM
tics, embracing the manual formfaßtey, the
school of the company add battalion, to
qualify them to introduce a proper system
of military instruction in the primary seßwW
and High schools of the State.
Sec. 12. The Adjutant General of the
State shall, upon requisition fro® th* State
Board of Education, furnish to the State
Normal school such arms and equipment#
as are needed for the use of the Student*.
AIDS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS TO
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.
CHAPTER I.
Section L Cheap educational tracts, doc
uments and periodicals shall be issued to
teachers and others by the State superin
tendent, as he shall deem expedient. Alie,
tracts explanatory of the school system of
the State, containing sueh information as
may be important to the advancement of
sound instruction aod good discipline.
Sec. 2. Ejp - the .purchase, printing end
distribution of such documents the annual
sum of one hundred dollars is hereby ap
propriated from the surplus revenue fund.
CHAPTER 11.
Section 1. For the further encenrageaent
of universal education, district libraries
ought to be established in each-school dis
trict under the care of the teacher as Hbta
rian. For this purpose the sum of twenty
dollars per aanam is ordered to paid th any
school district as library money, so long is
the people raise the same amount annually.
The books must be selected by-the Dis
trict Commissioner from the library liat au
thorized by the State Board of Education.
The amount required for library money ia
appropriated from the surplus revenue fapd.
TITLE-MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAPTER I.
COLORED POPULATION.
Section 1. The total amount <of taxes paid
for school purposes by the colored people
of any county and the city of Baltimore
together with any donations that may tx
made, shall be set aside for the purpose o
founding schools for colored children, whiel
schools shall be established under this di
rection of the school Commissioners, am
shall be subject to such roles and regala
tions as the Board ef Education shall pre
scribe.
Sec. 2. It shall be the doty ef the cit
and county school Commissioners to visi
such schools at least once in each qnarte
and to make special report of the progres
of the pupils. They shall suggest sue
modes of teaching as may be specially adap?
ed to the need of this class pf children, an
advise the teachers so that they will be abl
to impart to them knowledge by suqh meant
us are best suited to their waAte. 1 1. >
CHAPTER,IL
REPORTS FROM PRIYATJ
SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES ANI
COLLEGES.
Section 1. For the purpose of ddllectio
accurate statistical information relative t
all the facilities for education within th
State, it is requested, that every teache
conducting a private school 0/ academy i
the city of Baltimore or any 4rfthe coan
ties, aud the proprietor of any boaedin
scheel, shall, on or before the flret day <
July in each year, report to Presides
of the school Board of Commissioner! c
the city or county in which his school isle
cated the average number of scholars, mol
and female, the number of mouths that th
school has been ip session, the aggregat
cost of tuition and board, the course c
study and such other information as wil
enable the President to present tothe Stat
superintendent a statement of the cond
tion of such private seminaries of learning
Sec. 2. The President of each Colleg
in the State, established by private or d<
nominational enterprise, is requested to rr
Sort annually on or before the first day c
uly, to the State superintendent the cod
ditiou of such College, the value of it
property, amount of endowment, number c
students, cost of board and tuition and al
other information that will enable the gc
perintendent to present to the General Ac
sembly an accurate statement of the cor
dition of the Colleges of the State.
Sec. 3. To secure uniformity apd com
pleteness in these reports, tb# State sapei
intendent is directed to prepare soitabl
blank forms, aud to distribute them, whe
requested, to the parties concerned.
CHAPTER 111.
Section I. No member of a Board c
school Commissioners shall be interested
directly or indirectly, in any contract fo
building school houses or furnishing article
purchased for the schools under his charge
whether for permanent use or immediat
consumption.
SOURCES OF INCOME.
CHAPTER I.
Section 1. A State tax of fifteen cent
on each one hundred dollars of taxable pro
perty throughout the State, shall be leviei
annually for the support of Frep Publi<
schools, which tax shall be collected *tth<
same time and by the same agents as th<
general State levy, and shall be paid inti
the Treasury of the State, to be distribot
ed by the Treasurer to the Boards ef schoo
Commissioners of the city" of Baltimore
and of the several counties in proportioc
to their respective population between the
ages of five and twenty years.
Section 2. The Treasurer shall pay, at
heretofore, te each of the counties and th<
city of Baltimore the proportion of tk<
free school fund to which such city or conn
ty is entitled under the provision of th(
law and resolutions existing at the titrn
this act is adopted, after deducting the sev
eral amounts specially appropriated, from
the surplus revenue fund, aud he shall paj
the same to the Treasurer of the Board ol
school Commissioners of Baltimore city and
of the several counties.
Sec. 3. The several schools shall respec
tively receive the donations granted to them
by law or resolutions existing at the time
of the adoption of this act, subject to the
conditions annexed thereto, or until a High
school shall be established in the county or
city in which such schools are located.
Sec. 4. Real and personal estate granted,
conveyed, devised or bequeathed for use of
any particular county, or any school dis
trict, shall be held in trust by the State
Board of Education, for the benefit of such
county or school district, and gudh bequests
shall be free from all State, County aud
school Taxes.
Sec. 5. Funds now invested and faming
a part of the public school Fund of any
oounty, shall be inviolably appropriated to
the support of the public Schools in said
county, and such funds shall be invested in
the State’s Bobds which are hereby vested
ip the County Board of School Commis
sioners; but such moneys as baye been in
vested prior tp the passage of this act, shall
be excepted from such re-investment, to b
held in trust for the benefit of the publie
schools of the counties to which they belong
and shall be exempt from State l , County and
Local Taxation.
Sec. 6. As soon as the Comptroller shall
have received from the city of Baltimore
and the several counties a return of the
amount of the State school Tax levied on
each, he shall certify the same and the earn
thereof to the State superintendent of Pub
lic instruction, who tball immediately there
after apportion the amount of whole levy
among the several Counties and the city of
Baltimore in proportion to their respective
population between the ages of five and
twenty years, and shall transmit the whole
apportionment to the Comptroller, and the
amounts apportioned to each epunty aad
tho city of Baltimore to the Treasnrera ef
the several Boards of School Conuniseioti
ers of the counties and the city of Balti
more. ‘ v; * *
Sec. 7. On the fifteenth day of June, the first
day of October, the first day of January and the
fifteenth day of March in each year, the Comp
troller shall apportion the. amount of school tax
received by the Treasurer among the several coun
ties and the city of Baltimore iq proportion to
the whole amount apportioned to each by the
State superintendent of Fubfic Instruction and
he shall notify the State superintendent of Public
Instruction and the Treasurer of each 0! tb# sev
eral Boards of school Commissioners of the coun
ties and the city of Baltimore of the amount of
tax due to each county and of BaUinwrij