ART. 77] DISTEICT TRUSTEES——STATE BOAED OF EDUCATION. 1717

The act of 1892, ch. 341, specifically prescribes the method by which
county school commissioners ought to be appointed, but nowhere in this
article Is the method for the appointment of school commissioners In Balti-
more city designated. Hooper v. New, 85 Md. 581 (decided in 1897).

For a case raising the question of the constitutionality of the act of 1870.
ch. 311, and 1872, ch. 377, (conferring upon Judges the power to appoint
school commissioners), and Involving estoppel as applicable to a commis-
sioner and secretary who had served under these acts, see Jones v. Keatlug,
55 Md. 148. See also, notes to section 23.

See sections 22, 23 and 29 and notes.

1904, art. 77, sec. 7. 1888, art. 77, sec. 7. 1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 2.

sec. 3. 1874, ch. 463. 1892, ch. 515. 1894, ch. 110.

1894, ch. 378. 1904, ch. 584.

7. The board of district school trustees shall be composed of three
persons, residents of the school district and county where said school
may be located, who shall be appointed by the county school commis-
sioners on the first day of May, or at their first meeting thereafter,
which must be held during the month of May, in each year, and who
shall meet within thirty days after their appointment and enter upon
the duties assigned them in chapter 5 of this article; at their first meet-
ing they shall appoint a chairman and ahall give notice of their appoint-
ment to the secretary of the board of county school commissioners;
when the trustees appoint a principal teacher, and the appointment
shall be confirmed by the board of county school commissioners, the
said principal teacher shall be ex officio secretary of the board of district
trustees; .district school trustees shall take and subscribe the oath or
affirmation of office prescribed by the constitution before the county
school commissioners, county superintendent, clerk to county school
board, or any other officer duly authorized to administer oaths.

Since the trustees are expressly required to take an oath, the county board
should see that they do so before entering upon their duties. Underwood v.
School Commissioners, 103 Md. 190.

See note to sec. 31.

Chapter 3. State Board of Education.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1888, art. 77, sec. 8. 1872, ch. 377.

8. The state board of education shall hold regular meetings on the
last Wednesday in May, August, November and February of every
year, and special meetings as occasions may require.

For a resume of the powers and duties of the state board of education,
see Duer i;. Dashlell, 91 Md. 669.
See sec. 5.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888, art. 77, sec. 9. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

9. The office of state board of education shall be in Annapolis.
See note to sec. 8.

Ibid, sec, 10. 1888, art. 77, sec. 10. 1872. ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.
1906, ch. 356.

10. The members of the board shall receive no salary, but their
actual expenses incurred in attending the meetings and transacting the