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the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county, or
for the city of Baltimore with the Clerk of the Superior
Court, who shall safely keep it.

SEC. 6. The Board may call a special meeting of the resi-
dent voters of any School District at any time during the
year, to be held at the School House. Of such meeting at
least two weeks notice must be given by advertisement in the
county newspaper, and be posted upon the school house door,
at the post office, aod two other places of public resort within
the district, The object of the meeting shall be clearly stat-
ed, and none other shall be voted upon except that for which
the special meeting has been convened.

ARTICLE II.—The President.

SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the President to preside and
keep order at the meetings of the board, and to enforce the
rules adopted for its government; if from any cause he should
be absent, the board shall appoint a chairman pro tem.

SEC. 2. He may speak and vote upon any question, except
in case of appeal from his decision.

SEC. 3. The President shall constitute a medium of com-
munication between the State Superintendent of Public In-
struction and the subordinate school officers and the schools.
It shall be his duty to visit, as often as may be practicable,
the schools of the county, to examine the pupils, to enquire
into all matters relating to the management, the course of
study and the mode of instruction and discipline, so that each
school shall be equal to the grade for which it was establish-
ed , and that there may be uniformity in the course of study.

2. He shall, as opportunity offers, address the people in
their school districts on the importance of Public Instruction,
and endeavor to enlist their interest in the schools and their
teachers, and make such suggestions as he may think
important to be considered in the Annual School District
meeting for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of discip-
line as well as the comfort of the pupils.

3. He shall examine into the condition of the school houses,
sites, outbuildings and appendages, examine the district li-
braries; advise with and counsel the school officers of the dis-
trict in relation to their duties; suggest methods for warm-
ing and ventilating school houses, adorning school grounds,
recommend to teachers improved modes of instruction, and
use every effort to advance the cause of public instruction,
and to carry out the advice and instruction of the State Sup-
erintendent.

4. He shall organize and conduct once in each year, for his
own county, at such time as, after conference with the State
Superintendent, may be designated, a Teachers' Institute at
some central locality in the county, to which access is con-