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cation, were exhibited and explained, and explanation given
of the different account books prepared for recording uni-
formly, the statistics of public instruction.

NEW ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
BALTIMORE, August 23, 1865.

The Association met at 10 o'clock A. M. The exercises
were opened with prayer by the Rev. O. Perinchief.

The following resolutions were offered during this days'
session:

By Dr. Steiner, of Frederick:—That this Convention re-
quest the General Assembly to substitute the words "Board
cf School Commissioners, of the county, for the words "Dis-
trict Commissioners," in the first sentence, 6th section chan
1. Title 2, of the school bill. ' "

By the Committee on Business:—Resolved, That this Con-
vention respectfully ask the General Assembly, to amend the
school law, so as to include sections 5, 6 and 7, of chapter 6,
on pupils, of the original bill, concerning the compulsory
attendance of pupils at school, and penalties for employing
children in factories, who have not been allowed to attend
school; penalties to be appropriated to the public school of
the particular district in which the offence has been com-
mitted.

Resolved, That this Convention also respectfully ask, that
the General Assembly shall order all fines for disorderly "
houses, for breaches of the peace and petty larceny, to be paid
over to the county boards, to be expended for the school house
and school furniture of the special school district in which the
penalties have been incurred.

By Dr. Steiner, of Frederick:—Resolved, That this Con-
vention resolve itself into an Association to be known as the
Association of the Commissioners of Public Schools of Mary-
land, and that when it adjourns, it shall adjourn subject to
the call of the officers, and that a committee of three, and the
State Superintendent, be appointed to prepare a Constitution
with accompanying By-Laws for the governance of the same
Association.

The President, by vote, being instructed to add himself as
chairman of the committee, it was announced as follows:

Lt. Governor C. C. Cox, Chairman, Dr. L. H. Steiner, Dr.
S. A. Harrison, F. A. Ellis, Esq. and Rev. L. VanBokkelen.

33y Rev. O. Perinchief:—Resolved, That the General As-
sembly be requested by this Convention, to enact as part of
the school law, section 11, page 31, of State Superintendent's
report, inserting the words "Holy Scriptures," in lieu of the
words "New Testament."