1748 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77
necessary to defray all the expenses incurred for educational purposes
by said mayor and city council.
Chapter 17. High Schools.
1910, ch. 386. sec. 120 (p. 228).
125. The board of county school commissioners of any county shall
have authority to establish high schools, subject to the approval of the
state board of education, in their respective counties, when, in their
judgment, it is advisable to do so. All high schools so established and
those now in operation shall be under the direct control of the several
boards of county school commissioners, subject to the provisions of this
article, provided that when instruction below that of the high-school
grades is given in the same building, or on the same premises, such
grade work may also be under the direct control of the board of county
school commissioners, and the principal of the high school shall also be
principal of the elementary department.
For a case arising under section 120 of the code of 1904, see Wiley v. School
Commissioners, 51 Md. 402.
1908, .ch. 635, sec. 122 A. 1910, ch. 386, sec. 121 (p. 228).
126. For the encouragement of secondary education in Maryland,
the State shall extend aid to such groups of high schools as shall be
herein designated and described, and in such amounts and in such
manner as shall hereinafter be set forth. All high schools of the coun-
ties of the State of Maryland receiving State aid shall be arranged by
the state board of education into two groups, to be designated first group
and second group, according to the number of pupils enrolled, teachers
employed, and years of instruction given. High schools of the first
group shall fulfill the following minimum requirements: (a) an enroll-
ment of not less than eighty pupils; (b) employ not less than four
teachers for the regular high-school work, exclusive of instructors of
special subjects named under (e); (c) four years' course of instruction
of not less than thirty-six weeks in each year, same to conform to the
standard required by the state board of education; (d) the annual
salary of the principal to be not less than $1,200, and the salary of
each assistant teacher regularly employed to be not less than $500 per
annum; (e) provision to be made for manual training and domestic
science courses, and also a commercial or an agricultural course, as
may be determined by the board of county school commissioners. High
schools of the second group shall fulfill the following minimum require-
ments : (a) an enrollment of not less than thirty-five pupils; (b) employ,
not less than two teachers for the regular high-school work, exclusive
of instructors of special subjects named under (e); (c) a three years'
course of instruction of not less than thirty-six weeks in each year, same
to conform to the standard required by the state board of education;
(d) the annual salary of the principal to be not less than $1,000, and.
that of each assistant to be not less than $500; (e) provision to be made
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