2908 ARTICLE 77

An. Code, 1924, sec. 45. 1912, sec. 25C. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25C.

45. The county board of education shall divide the county into appro-
priate school districts, shall keep full records of the boundaries thereof,
and shall locate and maintain schools, as needed, within each district.
They are authorized and empowered with the approval of the state super-
intendent of schools, to purchase grounds, school sites or buildings, or to
sell the same; to rent, repair, improve and construct school buildings, or
approve contracts for so doing, when the plans conform to the rules and
regulations of the state board of education, and are approved by the state
superintendent of schools, as provided for in section 30 of this Article.
They shall employ an architect or architects on the recommendation of the
county superintendent of schools to assist in the preparation of plans and
specifications for remodelling old buildings and for constructing new
buildings. They may sell, with the approval of the state superintendent
of schools, school grounds, school sites and school buildings when no longer
needed for educational purposes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 46. 1912, sec. 25D. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25D.

46. The county board of education may receive donations of school
grounds or school sites, or of houses already built suitably located and
adapted to school purposes, but in no case shall any site be built upon,
or any house be occupied, until a good and sufficient title has been obtained
for the same in the corporate name of the Board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 47. 1912, sec. 25B. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25E. 1931, ch. 157.

47. When land shall be required for the site of a school-house, or for
enlarging a school-house lot, or for playgrounds or other school purposes,
and the county board of education shall for any cause be unable to con-
tract with the owner or owners thereof upon what they deem to be a fair
valuation thereof, the county board of education may institute proceedings
for the acquisition of such lands, in accordance with Article 33A of the
Annotated Code; but no lot so taken or enlarged shall exceed, in the whole,
ten acres, including the land occupied by the school building.

The limitation imposed by this section does not preclude the condemnation of an
easement subject to which the land was acquired, not being an enlargement thereof.
Davis v. Board of Education, 166 Md. 118.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 48. 1912, sec. 25F. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25F.

48. Schools on or near the dividing line of two counties shall be free
to the children of each county; and the county board of education of the
respective counties shall have power to provide jointly for the maintenance
of said schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 49. 1912, sec. 25G. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 25G.

49. The county boards of education in every county of the State shall
provide sanitary, hygienic, suitable and convenient water-closets or out-
houses for each of the schools under their official jurisdiction, not less
than two for each school or building, when both sexes are in attendance,
in their respective school districts, with separate means of access for each;
and unless placed at a remote distance, one from the other, the approaches
or walks thereto shall be separated by a substantial closefence, not less
than seven feet high; and it shall be the duty of the said boards to make