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be chosen by the State Convention as aforesaid), shall be held
on the first Monday in May. All such, political parties as afore-
said, shall hold their several primaries on the same day. In
case such governing bodies for the State fail to agree on a date
within the period fixed aforesaid, that is to say, not earlier than
the eighth nor later than the fifteenth day of September of each
and every year, except the presidential years, 'said primary
election shall be held on the second Monday of September in
any year. Notices shall be given of the times and places of
holding said primary elections by the several Boards of Super-
visors of Elections, in the City of Baltimore and of the counties
of this State, respectively, in the same way precisely as notice
is required to be given for a municipal and county election held
under the provisions of Article 33 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 135.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 58 of
Article 77 of the Code of Public General Laws of 1904, as
amended by Chapter 605 of the Acts of 1908, title "Public
Education," sub-title "Teachers," and to appropriate a sum
of money to carry said act into effect.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 58 of Article 77 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland of 1904, as amended by Chapter 605
of the Acts of 1908, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

SEC. 58. Whenever any person in this State has taught in
any of the public or normal schools thereof twenty-five years
and has reached the age of sixty years, and his or her record .
as such teacher has been without reproach, and by reason of
physical or mental disability or infirmity is unable to teach
longer, and who, moreover, is without the means of comfortable
support, the said teacher may lay his or her case before the
State Board of Education, supported in all cases by the recom-
mendation of the Board of County School Commissioners of
the county in which said teacher has last taught, and the said
board shall proceed to consider the same; and if the facts