PUBLIC EDUCATION 2907

An. Code, 1924, sec. 41. 1912, sec. 24. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 20. 1872, ch. 377.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 24. 1929, ch. 226, see. 41 (p. 721).

41. All the property, estate, effects, money, funds, claims and state
donations heretofore vested by law in the public school authorities of any
county, for the benefit of public, primary, free or high schools, are trans-
ferred to and vested in the county boards of education, and their succes-
sors in office. The county boards of education are authorized, empowered,
directed and required to maintain a uniform and effective system of public
schools throughout their respective counties. Real and personal estate
granted, conveyed, devised or bequeathed for the use of any particular
county or school district shall be held in trust by the county board of edu-
cation for the benefit of such county or school district.

See secs. 232 and 233 and art. 81, sec. 7.

See notes to sec. 40.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 42. 1912, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 24. 1888, sec. 21. 1872, ch. 377.
1900, ch. 520. 1904, ch. 584. 1914, ch. 480. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25.

42. The county superintendent of schools shall be the executive officer,
the secretary and treasurer of the county board of education. He shall
attend all meetings of the board and of its committees, except when his
own tenure, salary, or the administration of his office are under considera-
tion, and shall have the right to advise on any question under consideration,
but shall have no right to vote.

It is requisite for effectual discharge of duties of county school commissioners, that
except so far as restrained by law, each board should have power to select its own
agents. Duer v. Dashiell, 91 Md. 667.

The court declined to interfere with a consolidation of schools—see notes to secs.
11 and 75. School Commissioners v. Morris, 123 Md. 400.

The legislature may authorize the county commissioners, they being a public cor-
poration, to lease a building for school purposes. Webster v. Cambridge Seminary,
78 Md. 210.

The county school commissioners are proper parties to demand performance by
county commissioners'of their duty to levy taxes under see. 93. Worcester County v.
School Commissioners, 113 Md. 312.

Cited but not construed in School Commissioners v. Goldsborough, 90 Md. 203.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 43. 1912, sec. 25A. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25A.

43. The county board of education shall to the best of its ability cause
the provisions of this Article, the by-laws, and the policies of the state
board of education to be carried into effect. Subject to this Article, and
to the by-laws, and the policies of the state board of education, the county
board of education shall determine, with and on the advice of the county
superintendent, the educational policies of the county and shall prescribe
rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 44. 1912, see. 25B. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25B.

44. The county board of education shall exercise, through its execu-
tive officers, the county superintendent, and his professional assistants,.
control and supervision over the public school system of the county. The
board shall consult and advise, through its executive officer and his pro-
fessional assistants, with the boards of district trustees, principals, teachers
and interested citizens, and shall seek in every way to promote the interests
of the schools under their jurisdiction.