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thirteen years of age or fourteen years of age, shall cause such child to
attend school or receive instruction as required by this section.

Every child residing in any county of the State, being fifteen years
of age or sixteen years of age, who has not completed the work of the pub-
lic elementary school, shall attend some public school not less than one
hundred days, as nearly consecutive as possible, beginning not later than
November first, during the period of each year the public schools of the
county are in session; and such child shall attend some public school the
entire period of each year the public schools of the county are in session,
if not regularly and lawfully employed to labor at home or elsewhere,
unless it can be shown to the county superintendent of schools that such
child is elsewhere receiving regular and thorough instruction for said
period in the studies usually taught in the public schools of the county to
children of these ages; provided, that the provisions of this section shall
not apply to children whose mental and physical condition is such as to
render the instruction above described inexpedient or impracticable. Every
person having under his control a child fifteen years of age, or sixteen years
of age, shall cause such child to attend school or receive instruction as
required by this section.

Any person who has a child under his control and who fails to comply
with any of the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be fined not exceeding five dollars for each offense.

This section referred to—see notes to secs. 11, 42 and 72. School Commissioners v.
Morris, 123 Md. 401.

An, Code, sec. 154. 1904, sec. 152. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 125. 1912, ch. 173, sec. 125.

222. Any person who has a child under his control and who fails to
comply with any of the provisions of the preceding sections, 220 and
221, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not exceeding
five dollars for each offense.

An. Code, sec. 155. 1904, sec. 153. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 126. 1912, ch. 173, sec. 126.

223. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent
himself unlawfully from school, or employs or. harbors while school is in
session any child absent unlawfully from school shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and be fined not more than fifty dollars.

An. Code, sec. 156. 1904, sec. 154. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 127. 1912, ch. 173, sec. 127.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 156.

224. The board of school commissioners of Baltimore city shall ap-
point, and may remove at pleasure, one chief attendance officer, male
or female; and in addition they may appoint and may remove at pleas-
ure, such number of attendance officers, male or female, not exceeding
eighteen, as they may deem proper. The compensation of such officers shall
be fixed and paid by the mayor and city council of Baltimore. The county
board of education of each of the several counties shall appoint, with the
approval of the county superintendent, and may remove at pleasure, with