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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Notify Comp-
troller.

Sec. 9. The Examiner of each county shall, on
the fifteenth day of January, in every year, notify
the Comptroller how many months the schools
in his county have heen kept open.

CHAPTER 12. — State Normal School.

Normal school

Section 1. There shall be located in the city of
Baltimore a State Normal Scnool, for the inspec-
tion and practice of teachers in the science of edu-
cation, the art of teaching and the mode of gov-
erning schools; it shall be under the control of
the Board of State School Commissioners, who
shall appoint a Principal at a salary of twenty-five

Salary of
principal.

hundred dollars per annum; the Principal of the
Normal School shall not vote upon the subject of
his appointment or removal.

Sessions.

Sec. 2. The sessions of the State Normal School,
until otherwise provided for by the State, shall be
held in such building as the Board of State School
Commissioners may select, the rent to be paid out
of the fund provided for its maintenance.

Faculty.

Sec. 3. The Faculty of the State Normal School
shall consist of the Principal and two male and
two female professors, who shall he appointed by
the Board of State School Commissioners, and have
such salaries and perform such duties as said
Board may direct.

How long

open.

Sec. 1. The sessions of the State Normal School
shall he determined by the Board of State School
Commissioners; provided, that the school shall be
open for not less than nine months in each. year.

Age when
admitted.

Sec. 5. Students of both sexes shall be admitted
to the State Normal School, females at the age of
sixteen years, and males at the age of seventeen
years. The students shall be apportioned by the
Board of State School Commissioners among the
several counties and the city of Baltimore in pro-
portion to their respective representation in the
General Assembly of the State. The students
shall be selected by the several Boards of County
School Commissioners, and the Board of Com-
missioners of Public Schools of the city of Balti-
more, from among persons having the scholastic
qualifications hereinbefore required for teachers.
Before any appointment shall be made, the ap-