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text books for schools of said city; provided, such text books shall contain
nothing of a sectarian or partisan character. The board of commissioners of
public schools of said city shall annually make a report to the state board
of education of the condition of the schools under their charge, to include a
statement of expenditures, the number of children taught, and such other
statistical information as may be necessary to exhibit the operation of
the schools.

See notes to sec. 182.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 190. 1912, sec. 123. 1904, sec. 118. 1888, sec. 90. 1872, ch. 377.

184. The mayor and city council of Baltimore shall have power and
authority to make all ordinances for the protection of the school houses and
property, and to punish any person who may disturb the sessions of said
public schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 191. 1912, sec. 124. 1904, sec. 119. 1888, sec. 91. 1872, ch. 377.

185. The said mayor and city council are hereby authorized and
empowered to levy and collect upon the assessable property in said city,
as other taxes are levied and collected, such amount of taxes as may be
necessary to defray all the expenses incurred for educational purposes by
said mayor and city council.

Chapter 17. High Schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 192. 1912, sec. 125. 1910, ch. 386, sec. 120 (p. 228).
1916, ch. 506, sec. 125.

186. The county board of education of any county shall have authority
to establish high schools, subject to the approval of the state superintendent
of schools, in their respective counties, when, in their judgment, it is
advisable to do so. All high schools so established and those now in opera-
tion shall be under the direct control of the several county boards of
education, subject to the provisions of this article; provided that when
instruction below that of the high school grades is given in the same build-
ing, or on the same premises, such grade work may also be under the direct
control of the county board of education, and the principal of the high

school shall also be principal of the elementary school.

By passage of act of 1910, ch. 386, the management and supervision of school com-
missioners over high schools of state were intended to be enlarged; nothing in that
act repealed secs. 16-18 of ch. 275 of acts of 1896, applying to the Annapolis High
School. School Commissioners v. Henkel, 117 Md. 110; Zantzinger v. Manning, 123
Md. 181.

For a case arising under sec. 120 of the Code of 1904, see Wiley v. School Commis-
sioners, 51 Md. 402.

See notes to sec. 11.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 193. 1912, sec. 126. 1908, ch. 635, sec. 122A. 1910, ch. 386, sec. 121

(p. 228). 1912, ch. 41. 1914, ch. 739. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 126. 1918, ch. 105,

sec. 126. 1920, ch. 118. 1927, ch. 121, sec. 193.

187. For the encouragement of secondary education in Maryland, the
State shall extend aid to such groups of high schools in such amounts and
in such manner as hereinafter designated and described. All high schools
of the counties of the State of Maryland receiving State aid shall be ar-
ranged by the State Board of Education into two groups, to be designated
first group, and second group, according to the number and average daily
attendance of pupils enrolled, teachers employed, and number of years and
quality of instruction given. High schools of the first group shall fulfill