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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

their reports shall be filed by said Board for the
purpose of making the annual returns to the Prin-
cipal of the State Normal School.

Salaries.

Sec. 4. The salaries of teachers of each county
shall be fixed by the Board of County School Com-
missioners.

CHAPTER VIII.
Pupils.

Ages of
scholars.

SECTION 1. All white youth between the ages of
six and eighteen years shall be admitted into any
of the Public Schools of the State, the studies of
which they may be able to pursue ; provided that
whenever there are graded schools, the teacher in
the school of the higher grade shall determine to
which school pupils shall be admitted.

Expel pupils.

Sec. 2. The School District Board shall have
power to suspend and expel pupils for cause.

Attend in
adjoining dis-
trict.

Sec. 3. Children living remote from the school
of the district in which they reside, may attend
school in an adjoining district, with the consent of
the trustees of the respective school districts.

Produce cer-
tificate.

Sec. 4. Every child, before it is admitted to any
Public School, shall produce a certificate from a
regular physician, that it has been properly vac-
cinated.

CHAPTER IX.
Text Books.

Sectarian or
partisan.

SECTION 1. School books shall contain nothing
of a sectarian or partisan character.

Purchase text
books.

Sec. 2. Each Board of County School Commis-
sioners shall purchase the text books for their re-
spective counties, after having examined such as
may be recommended by the Board of Trustees of
the State Normal School, whose duty is hereby
made to present a list of books to said County
Boards with their written reasons for such recom-
mendations.

Books and
stationery.

Sec. 3. They shall authorize the delivery of
books and stationery to the various schools in the
county upon the order of the Commissioners of the
election districts, or of the teachers endorsed by a