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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall be committed to the jail in said county until the fine and

Proviso.

costs are paid, provided said imprisonment shall not continue

longer than ten days ; provided, nevertheless, that the fine for

the violation of any ordinance or by-laws can, upon agreement

between the officer and the offender, be paid direct to the officer

(with ten cents additional), who shall give a receipt for the

same to the offender, for which receipt the clerk of the Town

Commissioners shall pay ten cents upon presentation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 299.

AN ACT to amend Article 77 of the Code of Public General

Laws, title "Public Education," by adding three sections

under the sub-title "School Attendance," to follow Section

138, and to be numbered as Sections 139, 140 and 141, re-

spectively.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the following sections be and they are hereby

added to Article 77 of the Code of Public General Laws, title

''Public Education," under the sub-title "School Attendance,"

to follow Section 138, and to be numbered and designated as

Sections 139, 140, 141.

139. That every child between eight and sixteen years of age

Compulsory

whose hearing is so defective that he or she cannot attend pub-

education of
deaf children.

lic school shall attend some school for the deaf for eight months

or during the scholastic year, unless it can be shown that the

child is elsewhere receiving regularly thorough instruction dur-

ing said period in the studies usually taught in the said public

schools to children of the same age; provided, that the superin-

tendent or principal of any school for the deaf, or person or per-

sons duly authorized by such superintendent or principal, may

excuse cases of necessary absence among its enrolled pupils;

duly authorized by such superintendent or principal, may ex-

cuse cases of necessary absence among its enrolled pupils;

and provided, further, that the provisions of this section shall

not apply to a child whose mental or physical condition is

such as to render its instruction, as above described, inexpedi-

ent or impracticable. Every person having under his control

a child between eight and sixteen years of age shall cause such

child to attend school or receive instruction as required by

this section.