PUBLIC EDUCATION. 2491

An. Code, sec. 78A. 1918, ch. 473.

151. The county superintendent of schools as treasurer of the county
board of education in the several counties is hereby authorized and di-
rected to deposit daily all public funds and moneys which shall come into
his hands for or on account of the public schools, in such bank, banks,
or banking institutions in his county which will agree to pay the highest
rate of interest, in no case to be less than 2% per annum, compounded
semi-annually, upon the daily balances, such bank, banks, or banking insti-
tutions to be selected and designated by the county board of education of
said county. The interest received on the deposits shall be credited semi-
annually to the school funds and become a part of said funds to be ac-
counted for by the superintendent of schools in the same manner as the
other school funds.

Chapter 12. The State Normal Schools.

An. Code, sec. 82. 1904, sec. 77. 1888, sec: 70, 1872, ch. 377. 1898, ch. 406. 1904, ch. 584.
1914, ch. 124. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 82.

152. The state board of education and the state superintendent of
schools shall be the board of trustees of each of the normal schools main-
tained and supported by the State: the state normal school at Towson,
the state normal school at Frostburg and the state normal school at Bowie.

An. Code, sec. 83. 1904, sec. 78. 1888, sec. 71. 1872, ch. 377. 1898, ch. 221. 1900, ch. 428.
1904, ch. 584. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 83.

153. The board of trustees shall exercise general supervision of the
expenditure of all money appropriated by the General Assembly for the
erection of buildings or additions, for repairs, up-keep, maintenance and
support of these schools, and shall have control and supervision of their
management and work. The board of trustees shall authorize all depart-
ments of instruction and all positions, and shall fix the salaries and tenure
of all teachers, and all assistants of whatever kind; they may dismiss any
teacher or any assistant for immorality, dishonesty, misconduct in office,
incompetency, insubordination and wilful neglect of duty, but no teacher
or professional assistant may be dismissed without being given a copy of
the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard, in person or
by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. The
board of trustees shall authorize the course or the courses of study to be
offered, including courses for observation and practice in teaching. They
shall prescribe the entrance requirements, subject to the provisions of this
article, to the different departments and courses of study; shall determine
the number of students to be admitted from the city of Baltimore, and
each of the several counties, provided that students of both sexes shall be
admitted; they shall regulate the length of the regular sessions, provided
that it shall not be less than nine months; they shall provide and arrange
for summer sessions, and shall formulate rules and regulations for the
conduct and management of these schools.