2954 ARTICLE 77

An. Code, 1924, sec. 153. 1912, sec. 83. 1904, sec. 78. 1888, sec. 71. 1872, ch. 377.
1898, ch. 221. 1900, ch. 428. 1904, ch. 584. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 83.

150. The board of trustees shall exercise general supervision of the
expenditure of all money appropriated by the General Assembly for the
erection of buildings or additions, for repairs, up-keep, maintenance and
support of these schools, and shall have control and supervision of their
management and work. The board of trustees shall authorize all depart-
ments of instruction and all positions, and shall fix the salaries and tenure
of all teachers, and all assistants of whatever kind; they may dismiss any
teacher or any assistant for immorality, dishonesty, misconduct in office,
incompetency, insubordination and wilful neglect of duty, but no teacher
or professional assistant may be dismissed without being given a copy of
the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard, in person or
by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. The
board of trustees shall authorize the course or the courses of study to be
offered, including courses for observation and practice in teaching. They
shall prescribe the entrance requirements, subject to the provisions of this
article, to the different departments and courses of study; shall determine
the number of students to be admitted from the city of Baltimore, and
each of the several counties, provided that students of both sexes shall be
admitted; they shall regulate the length of the regular sessions, provided
that it shall not be less than nine months; they shall provide and arrange
for summer sessions, and shall formulate rules and regulations for the
conduct and management of these schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 154. 1912, sec. 84. 1904, sec. 79. 1888, sec. 72. 1872, ch. 377.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 84.

151. The board shall elect a principal for each of the state normal
schools, provided that no principal shall be elected to a white normal school
who is not a graduate of a standard college, or the equivalent, who has not
had in addition not less than two years of special academic and profes-
sional preparation in a standard university, and five years of teaching ex-
perience, two of which have been in the training of teachers. Provided
that nothing in this section shall affect the terms of the present incumbents
or their eligibility for reappointment. The principal shall be the head of
his respective school and shall be responsible for the discipline and success-
ful conduct of his school and for the administration and supervision of
all its departments. The principal shall nominate for appointment by
the board of trustees, and may recommend for dismissal by said board,
all heads of departments, all teachers, and all assistants of whatever kind.
He shall submit to the board of trustees, for adoption, courses of study
and plans of work, and shall in every way take the initiative in working
out the policies of his school and in promoting its development and effi-
ciency. He shall each year make an annual report to the state superinten-
dent of schools, including a copy of the annual report of the treasurer of
the state board of education, of the receipts and disbursements of his
school, a statement of the academic preparation of each student admitted
during the year, of the state and condition of the school, of its achieve-
ments during the year, of its present and future needs, and of his recom-
mendations for the support and advancement of his school.