SEC. 2. ''The sessions of the State Normal School,
until otherwise provided for by the State, shall be
held in snub building as the State Board of Educa-
tion select, 'the rent to be paid out of the fund pro-
vided for its maintenance.
SEC. 3. The faculty of the State Normal School
shall consist of the principal and two male and two
female professors, who shall be appointed by the
State Board of Education, and have such salaries,
and perform such duties as said board may direct.
SEC. 4. The sessions of the State Normal School
shall be determined by the State Board of Education;
provided, that the school shall be open for not less
than nine months in each year.
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 State Board of
Education among the several counties and the City of
Baltimore proportion to their respective representa-
tion in the General Assembly of the State. The stu-
dents shall be selected by the several Boards of County
School Commissioners, and the Board of Commis-
sioners of Public Schools of the City of Baltimore,
from among persons having scholastic qualifications
hereinbefore required for teachers; before any ap-
pointment shall be made the applicants shall procure
the certificate of the county examiner or city super-
intendent in testimony of their scholastic proficiency,
and shall also file a written declaration that their
object in obtaining admission is to qualify them-
selves as public school teachers, and that. it is their
intention to engage in the profession of teaching
within the State; and in case any students shall fail to
fulfill the condition upon which they were admitted,
they shall forfeit and pay thirty dollars for each ses-
sion they have attended the Normal School, to be col-
lected as other debts are collected, and to be applied
for the benefit of the Normal School. If there be not
applicants sufficient from any county or the city then
the State Board of Education may fill all vacancies
by selecting applicants possessing the requisite quali-
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Sessions
Faculty.
Time shall
lie kept open.
Students.
How selected
To procure
certificate.
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