PUBLIC EDUCATION 2953

of education for adoption, all reports required of that board by the state
board of education or the state superintendent of schools, and he shall pre-
pare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval, to the county board
of education, the annual report addressed to the people of the county, pro-
vided for in section 59 of this Article.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 150. 1912, sec. 78. 1904, sec. 73. 1888, sec. 67. 1872, ch. 377.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 78.

147. The county superintendent of schools, as secretary and treasurer
of the county board of education, shall give bond to the State of Maryland
in such penal sum as the board shall determine. Said bond shall have the
security of any guaranty, deposit, trust or other similar company duly
authorized under the laws of Maryland to act in such capacity. The cost
or fee for such security shall be paid by the county board of education,
and said bond, when executed, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of
the court of the county. The bond shall provide that the secretary and
treasurer will faithfully perform the duties of the office and pay over and
apply all moneys that shall come to his hand or care as treasurer to such
persons and in such manner as said board may, under the provisions of
this Article, direct, and that he will keep a full account of all moneys re-
ceived and paid by him, and all matters relating to the duties of his office
and preserve the same, and all vouchers relating thereto, and deliver up
all books and vouchers relating to his office to his successor.

Where the treasurer's bond designedly omits from its condition words "under the
provisions of this article," the surety is not liable for illegal payments made by authority
of board. Howard County v. Hill, 88 Md. 119; State v. Turner, 101 Md. 587.

An. Code, sec. 78A. 1918, ch. 473.

148. The county superintendent of schools as treasurer of the county
board of education in the several counties is hereby authorized and di-
rected to deposit daily all public funds and moneys which shall come into
his hands for or on account of the public schools, in such bank, banks,
or banking institutions in his county which will agree to pay the highest
rate of interest, in no case to be less than 2% per annum, compounded
semi-annually, upon the daily balances, such bank, banks, or banking insti-
tutions to be selected and designated by the county board of education of
said county. The interest received on the deposits shall be credited semi-
annually to the school funds and become a part of said funds to be ac-
counted for by the superintendent of schools in the same manner as the
other school funds.

Chapter 12. The State Normal Schools.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 152. 1912, sec. 82. 1904, sec. 77. 1888, sec. 70. 1872, ch. 377.
1898, ch. 406. 1904, ch. 584. 1914, ch. 124. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 82.

149. The state board of education and the state superintendent of
schools shall be the board of trustees of each of the normal schools main-
tained and supported by the State: the state normal school at Towson, the
state normal school at Frostburg and the state normal school at Bowie.

In absence of statutory authority, board of trustees of State Normal School cannot
be sued by teacher for breach of contract. Williams v. Fitzhugh, 147 Md. 386.

¹ See sec. 231 as to names of state normal schools and state teachers' college.