EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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five, the Board of County School Commissioners may, in their

discretion, appoint an Assistant County Superintendent.

70. There shall be located in each of the Cities of Baltimore

and Frostburg, a State Normal School for the instruction and

State Normal
Schools.

practice of teachers in the science of education, the art of

teaching, and the mode of governing schools; the said schools

shall be under the control of the State Board of Education,

who shall appoint the principals and necessary assistants ;

the salary of the principal of the Maryland State Normal

School of Baltimore shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per

annum.

71. The faculty of each State Normal School shall consist

of a principal and as many ter.chers as shall be determined

Faculty.

by the State Board of Education, who shall be appointed by

said board, and have such salaries and perform such duties

as said board shall direct.

73. There shall be maintained in each State Normal School

and normal department receiving State aid a two years' normal

or professional course, in which common school branches

may be studied and received, and in which special emphasis

is given to professional subjects, including the history of edu-

cation, school organization, methods of teaching and such other

pedagogical subjects as the State Board of Education may

prescribe. Students of both sexes shall be admitted to the

normal course — females at the age of sixteen years and males

Students of
hot h sexes to

at the age of seventeen years ; provided, such applicants satisfy

be admitted.

the requirements of admission, and hold scholarships from a

Board of City or County School Commissioners, or receive ap-

pointment from the State Board of Education, as hereinafter

to be provided; the State Board of Education is authorized

and empowered to arrange and prescribe for each State Normal

School or normal department receiving State aid, an academic

or preparatory course, and shall prescribe such qualifications

of age and scholastic attainments as it may deem proper. The

students of the State Normal Schools and normal departments

receiving State aid shall be apportioned by the State Board oi

Apportion-
ment.

Education, among the several counties and the City of Balti-

more, in proportion 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 Commissioners of the Public Schools of Baltimore

City from among worthy persons who desire to make teaching

their profession, and who may possess the necessary scholastic