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monuments, or any other building, collection, garden or reservation pro-
vided for in this Charter. The distribution of the park fund for the
maintenance of the different parks and squares shall be made by the Park
Commissioners.

Addition made by Act of 1900, ch. 109, omitted in pursuance of M & C. C. v.
Williams, 124 Md. 502. Harris v. M. & C. C., 151 Md. 12.

1886, ch. 354. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 719.

98. The night watchmen employed by the Board of Park Commission-
ers shall have, while on duty, the same power that police in said city have
as conservators of the peace.

Harris v. M. & C. C., 151 Md. 12.

1908, ch. 147.

98A. That the jurisdiction of the Board of Park Commissioners of
the City of Baltimore be and the same is hereby extended over the side-
walks which border on Harlem Park, in said city, on all sides of said park
to the curb lines of said sidewalks, as now established.

1910, ch. 142.

98B. That the jurisdiction of the Board of Park Commissioners of the
City of Baltimore be, and the same is hereby, extended over the sidewalks
which border on Collington Square, or Park, in said city, on all sides of
said square, or park, to the curb lines of said sidewalks, as now established.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

1906, ch. 107.

99. There shall be a Department of Education of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore. The head of said department shall consist of a
Board of School Commissioners composed of nine persons, who shall
serve without pay, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor in the mode
prescribed in Section 25 of this Charter, and removable as therein pro-
vided. One of said Commissioners shall be President of said Board and
so designated by the Mayor when appointed. Their term of office shall
be six years, three of them to retire at the end of every two years. The
members of said Board shall be residents of the City of Baltimore for
at least one year, citizens of the State of Maryland for at least five
years prior to their appointment. The members of said Board shall
be chosen by the Mayor from among those he deems most capable of
promoting the interest of public education by reason of their intelli-
gence, character, education or business habits. In the selection of mem-
bers of said Board and in their action in the administration of the public
schools, ecclesiastical and party ties shall not be regarded, so that the
public schools may be entirely out of the field of political and religious
differences and controversies. The said Board shall confirm or reject
all nominations of teachers made to it, as hereinafter provided by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and his assistants. It shall not