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Calvert Harry B Prince Frederick
Caroline Benjamin C. Willis Denton
Carroll ....Maurice S. H. Unger Westminster
Cecil Howard T. Ruhi .. Elkton
Charles F. Bernard Gwynn La Plata
Dorchester _ James B. Noble . Cambridge
Frederick ...........Eugene W. Pruitt Frederick
Garrett ..... Franklin B. RatHarford .... .......C. Milton Wright .. Belair
Howard Herbert C. Brown Ellicott City
Kent ....Louis C. Robinson .. - Chestertown
Montgomery ....Edwin W. Broome Rockville
Prince George’s Nicholas Orem Upper Marlboro
Queen Anne’s .... Franklin D. Day Centreville
St. Mary’s . .. .Lettie M. Dent Somerset.................W. Stewart Fitzgerald Princess Anne
Talbot _...........Raymond S. FTvson Washington .....B. J. Grimes .. Hagerstown
Wicomico .....James M. Bennett - Salisbury
Worcester .. . Arthur C. Humphreys - Baltimore City........................David E. Weglein ....... Baltimore

The head of the Department of Education is the State Board of
Education.
In accordance with Chapter 506 of the Acts of 1916, the members
of the State Board of Education are appointed by the Governor. One
member is appointed annually for a term of seven years from the first
Monday in May next succeeding the appointment.
The State Board of Education selects a State Superintendent of
Schools, and through him and his assistants, has general control of
the Public School System of the State. The Board is a legislative
body, and, as such, enacts by-laws and prescribes rules and regulations
for carrying into effect the provisions of the school laws. These by.
laws and rules include regulations for the construction of school build.
ings, for grading and stan.dardizing all public schools, for the certifi.
cation of public school teachers, for taking the bi-ennial school cen
gus, and for a uniform series of forms and blanks for the use of
county superintendents, school officials and teachers.
The State Superintendent of Schools is the executive officer of the
Board. The members of the State Board of Education and the State
Superintendent of Schools are ex-officio trustees of the State Normal
Schools.

State Superintendent of Schools.

The State Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the State Board
of Education for a term of four years and is ex-officio secretary and
treasurer of the Board. He is the executive officer of the State Board
of Education, which, in addition to having general control of the State
School System, is charged with the duties of interpreting school laws
and acting without expense to the parties concerned in all controversies
and disputes involving the proper administration of the public school
system. He carries out the educational policies of the State Board of