JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

into the condition thereof, and if not found in a satisfactory
condition, to adopt such means as may be necessary to remedy
the same.

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SEC. 25. And.be it enacted, That the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of said town shall have power to purchase and hold
real, personal and mixed property for the use and benefit of
said corporation, and to convey and dispose of the same or
any part thereof.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 520.
AN ACT to repeal Section twenty-one of Article 77, of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Public Education,"
sub-title "School Commissioners," and to re-enact the same,
with amendments.

Power to
purchase and
hold real and
personal
property, etc:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section twenty-one of Article 77, of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Public Education," sub-title
"School Commissioners," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

School
Commission'rs

21. The Board of County School Commissioners shall have
the general supervision and control of all schools in their
respective counties; they shall build, repair and furnish
school-houses; they shall purchase and distribute text-books,
and shall perform such other duties as may be necessary to
secure an efficient administration of the public-school system,
subject to the provisions of this Article; provided, that the
use of the bituminous coal, except in lump form, is strictly
prohibited in all the public schools in Washington County,
except when school-rooms are heated by a furnace, or some
other means, which is not applied within the school-room.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 521.
AN ACT supplementary to an Act, entitled "An Act to
change the name and amend the charter of the Visitors of
the Asylum and Training School for the Feeble Minded of

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