90 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [ART.

REPORTS PROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES.

121. For the purpose of collecting accurate statistical informa-
tion relative to all the facilities for education within the State,
it is requested that every teacher conducting a private school or
academy in the city of Baltimore or any of the counties, and
the proprietor of every boarding school, shall on or before the
first day of July in each year, report to the president of the
board of school commissioners of the city or county in which
his school is located, the average number of scholars, male and
female, the number of months that the school has been in ses-
sion, the aggregate cost of tuition and board, the course of
study, and such other information as will enable the said presi-
dent to present to* the State Superintendent a statement of the
condition of such private seminaries of learning.

122. The president of each college in the State established by
private or denominational enterprise, is requested to report an-
nually, on or before the first day of July to the State Superin-
tendent, the condition of such college, the value of its property,
amount of endowment, number of students, cost of board and
tuition, and all other information that will enable the Superin-
tendent to present to the General Assembly an accurate state-
ment of the condition of the colleges of the State.

128. To secure uniformity and completeness in these reports,
the State Superintendent is directed to prepare suitable blank
forms and to distribute them when requested to the parties con-
cerned.

124. No member of a board of school commissioners shall be
interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for building
school houses or furnishing articles purchased for the schools
tinder his charge, whether for permanent use or immediate con-
sumption.