2482 ARTICLE 77.

An. Code, sec. 66K. 1914, ch. 165.

128. The expenses incurred under the provisions of this sub-title, shall
be paid in the same manner as the ordinary expenses for the support of
schools in the several Counties of the State.

Chapter 10. Text Books and School Supplies.

An. Code, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 63. 1888, sec. 58. 1872, ch. 377.

129. School books shall contain nothing of a sectarian or partisan
character.

An. Code, sec. 68. 1904, sec. 64. 1888, sec. 59. 1870, ch. 311. 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 10, sec. 3.
1874, ch. 463. 1896, ch. 135. 1904, ch. 584. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 68.

130. The board of public school commissioners of Baltimore City and
each county board of education shall adopt and purchase, subject to the
provisions of this Article, text books, supplementary readers, materials
of instruction, stationery and school supplies for use in the public schools
of said city and of the several counties of the State. When so purchased,
the necessary text books, supplementary readers, materials of instruction,
stationery, and school supplies shall be furnished free of cost for use in
the public schools of the State, provided that no regular text books or
series of text books shall be changed more often than once in three years.
It shall be the duty of the board of school commissioners of Baltimore
City and of the county boards of education of the several counties to
furnish text books in ample and sufficient quantities to the several grades
in the public schools; thereafter supplementary readers, materials of in-
struction, stationery and school supplies shall be furnished in adequate
quantities to the several grades in the public schools, provided that parents
or pupils may purchase their text-books, stationery and school supplies,
if they desire to do so. The said respective boards shall adopt means for
the purchase of text-books, supplementary readers, materials of instruc-
tion, stationery and school supplies by competitive bidding, and at the
lowest possible price consistent with quality, and each of said boards shall
furnish annually to the state superintendents of schools the title, the name
of the publisher, and the net price of each text book and supplementary
reader purchased under the provisions of this Article.

An. Code, sec. 69. 1904, sec. 65. 1888, sec. 60. 1872, ch. 377. 1896, ch. 135.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 69.

131. The said several boards shall authorize the delivery, subject to
the provisions of this Article, of text-books, supplementary readers, ma-
terials of instruction, stationery and school supplies, and shall provide for
the issuing, safekeeping and care of the same under such rules and regu-
lations as they may severally adopt.

An. Code, sec. 70. 1904, sec. 66. 1888, sec. 61. 1872, ch. 377. 1896, ch. 135. 1904, ch. 584.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 70.

132. The said several boards shall keep a separate account of all money
received from the State for the purchase of text books, supplementary