990

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

as herein provided for ; provided, that when repairs are to be

paid out of county school taxes, the amount to be expended

for said school repairs shall be determined by the Board of

County School Commissioners before the repairs are made;

the board shall employ a principal teacher, subject to con-

firmation by the Board of County School Commissioners

To exercise su-
pervision

from among those persons who hold the certificate required

over same.

by this Article ; they shall exercise a general supervision

over their respective schools, and visit them frequently, and

shall cause instruction to be given for ten months in the year,

if possible.

39. In every district school there shall be taught orthogra-

Branches to b

ephy, reading, writing, subjects for language training, English

taught.

grammar, geography, arithmetic, History of the United States,

good behavior, the Constitution of the United States, Con-

stitution and History of Maryland, vocal music, drawing, physi-

ology, laws of health and domestic economy, civil government ;

and the elements of agricultural science may, in the discre-

tion of the State Board of Education, be added to the branches

required to be taught in the State Normal Schools and in the

public schools of the various counties of the State.

40. The nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, with special

Alcoholic
drinks and

instruction as to their effects upon the human system, in con-

narcotics.

nection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology

and hygiene, shall be included in the branches of study taught

in the common schools, and shall be taught to and studied by

all pupils whose capacity will admit of it, in all departments

of the public schools of the State, and in all educational insti-

tutions supported wholly or in part by money from the State ;

and said study shall be taught and studied by pupils in said

schools as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like

branches are there taught and studied, with text-books in

hands of pupils, where other like branches are thus studied.

42. Whenever a school numbers more than forty children

Assistant

in the average attendance, an assistant may be employed by

teachers.

the Board of County School Commissioners, in their discre-

tion; and for every additional forty children, one teacher

may be appointed.

43. Whenever the average attendance in any school for any

Closing for
lack of pupils

two consecutive terms is less than ten pupils, the said school

may be closed by the Board of County School Commis-

sioners; provided, that the Board of District School Trustees