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by competitive examinations the relative qualifications of those candi-
dates who desire appointment, and shall place the names of the accepted
candidates upon said graded lists in the order of their relative qualifica-
tions, so ascertained by such competitive examination. It shall be their
duty to advise the Board of School Commissioners whenever called upon,
or whenever they think it important, in respect to the course of studies
text-books or methods of instruction. Whenever the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and his Assistants are in doubt what course to pursue
they shall ask instructions from the Board of School Commissioners, to-
whom they may present a majority and minority report, and the decision
of the Board of School Commissioners shall be final. The Superintendent
of Public Instruction and his Assistants shall perform such other duties,
as may be prescribed by order of the Board of School Commissioners not
inconsistent with this Charter.

Baltimore City v. Lyman, 92 Md. 591.

1898, ch. 123.

102. It shall be the duty of the School Visitors, hereinbefore provided
for, to visit the schools to which thev are assigned, and to report upon
their condition at least once in every quarter, and oftener if they think
it desirable. In case of an emergency requiring attention, they shall im-
mediately notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The said
School Visitors may be called together by the Board of School Commis-
sioners or the Superintendent of Public Instruction whenever the inter-
ests of the school require it, or whenever it is thought important for the
office of a visitor to be defined, the organization of the school system to
be considered and the characteristics of a good school to be clearly stated
to them. They shall perform such other duties as the Board of School
Commissioners may prescribe, not inconsistent with this Charter.

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND.*

1908, ch. 78.

102A. There shall be a board to be known as the Board of Trustees of

the Teachers' Retirement Fund of Baltimore City, to be composed of
seven persons, who shall serve without compensation for their duties as
members of said board. The said Board of Trustees shall be composed
of the City Comptroller, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, two
members of the Board of School Commissioners, to be elected by said
Board of School Commissioners annually in the month of November, and
the members so elected shall become members of said Board of Trustees
on the fifteenth day of January next following the date of their election;
and three members of the teaching force of Baltimore City, who shall be
elected in the following manner: On the third Monday of November

*This fund has been superseded by the Employees' Retirement system of Balti-
more City created under authority of Section 6. sub-section 20A. See, Ordinance
553, approved February 1, 1926. Secs. 102A to 102T probably obsolete.