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statutes or the sanitary regulations in force in the town or district. Visit-
ing nurses may also be employed to visit the parents to assist in securing
the medical attention required.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 124. 1912, sec. 66G. 1914, ch. 165.

121. The school physicians shall be paid for the services rendered,
such amount as the school authorities of the respective Counties shall
deem proper and sufficient under the particular circumstances, and shall
pay the same from the general funds in their hands, such compensation
not to exceed $2.00 per hour actually given to examinations in the schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 125. 1912, sec. 66H. 1914, ch. 165.

122. The State Superintendent of Public Education shall prescribe,
after consultation with the State Board of Health, the directions for tests
of sight and hearing, and shall prescribe for the school authorities of the
State suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books, and
other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes of this sub-title.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 126. 1912, sec. 66-I. 1914, ch. 165.

123. No person suffering from any communicable disease shall be em-
ployed as teacher or janitor in any public school in this State. At the
opening of each annual term teachers must furnish a health certificate
from a registered physician, addressed to the Superintendent of Schools,
certifying that they are not suffering from tuberculosis or other communi-
cable disease.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 127. 1912, sec. 66 J. 1914, ch. 165.

124. The State Board of Education shall provide for pupils in the
normal schools suitable instruction and practice for testing the sight and
hearing of school children.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 128. 1912, sec. 66K. 1914, ch. 165.

125. The expenses incurred under the provisions of this sub-title, shall
be paid in the same manner as the ordinary expenses for the support of
schools in the several Counties of the State.

Chapter 10. Text Books and School Supplies.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 129. 1912, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 63. 1888, sec. 58. 1872, ch. 377.

126. School books shall contain nothing of a sectarian or partisan
character.

Cited in dissenting opinion in Board of Education v. Wheat, 174 Md. 343.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 130. 1912, sec. 68. 1904, sec. 64. 1888, sec. 59. 1870, ch. 311. 1872,

ch. 377, sub-ch. 10, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 463. 1896, ch. 135. 1904, ch. 584.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 68.

127. The board of public school commissioners of Baltimore City and
each county board of education shall adopt and purchase, subject to the
provisions of this Article, text books, supplementary readers, materials
of instruction, stationery and school supplies for use in the public schools
of said city and of the several counties of the State. When so purchased,
the necessary text books, supplementary readers, materials of instruction,