1730 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

The months of July and August shall be vacation throughout the
whole State, and the following days shall be holidays, viz: Thanksgiv-
ing Day; from Christmas Eve to the first day of January inclusive, and
from the Friday before Easter to the Monday after Easter inclusive;
on Washington's birth-day the schools shall devote a portion of the
day to exercises bearing on the life and services of "The Father of
Our Country;" Maryland Day shall be observed at such a time and
in such manner as the state board of education may direct. In case it
may be necessary to open school for a fraction of a term, it shall close
at the end of the term, and all accounts shall be settled at the meeting
of the board of county school commissioners, held at the end of the
term.

Chapter 8. Teachers.

1904. art. 77. sec. 52. 1888. art. 77, sec. 48. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.

53. No person shall be employed as a teacher under this article
unless such person shall hold a certificate of qualification (a) issued
by the superintendent of the county in which he or she proposes to
teach; (b) a certificate from a principal of a state normal school of
Maryland, or of the principal of the normal department of Washing-
ton college; (c) a diploma of a state normal school of Maryland, or of
the principal of the normal department of Washington college; (d) a
normal school diploma of another State endorsed by the state super-
intendent of public education, or a diploma from the normal depart-
ment of a school or college of this State, recognized as such by the
state board of education; or (e) a certificate from the state board of
education, as herein provided.

A by-law adopted by the state board under section 11 construed in connec-
tion with this section. School Commissioners v. Wagaman, 84 Md. 161.

See sections 15, 58 and 72.

1908, ch. 635.

54. Any graduate of the department of pedagogy of any reputable
college or university, maintaining a department of pedagogy, that has
been approved by the state board of education of Maryland, shall be
entitled to teach in the public elementary or high schools of the State
of Maryland without examination. The diploma of said graduate shall
be rated as a first grade teachers' certificate and be subject to classifi-
cation by the county superintendent of the county in which said grad-
uate may be employed to teach.

This section referred to in construing section 60—see notes thereto. Wor-
cester County v. School Commissioners. 113 Md. 307.
See sec, 72.

Ibid. sec. 53. 1888. art. 77. sec. 49. 1872, ch. 377. 1902, ch. 460.
1904, ch. 584.

55. Principal teachers shall be appointed by the board of district
school trustees, subject to confirmation by the board of county school