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urer on the warrant of the comptroller, and the
certificate of the superintendent.

	HIGH SCHOOLS.
Ibid, c VIII, c 7. Number of high schools, terms of admission and course of instruction.	70. There shall be for each county at least one high school, in which instruction shall be given to males and females in the higher branches of English and scientific education, and in the Latin and Greek languages and mathematics, sufficient to prepare youth to enter any one of the state colleges', under control of the council of the university of Maryland ; the terms of admission to the high schools, shall be determined by the state board of education ; the number of high schools in the city of Baltimore shall be determined by the board of school com- missioners.
Ibid, s 2 Union high schools	71. Whenever the board of school commissioners of any two counties shall think it expedient, they may, with the consent of the board of education, unite their funds, and establish at some convenient and central location, a union high school, which shall be open to youth of both counties.
Ibid c 3. Government and visitation of Much schools.	72. Such union high schools shall be governed by a joint committee, consisting of two members of each county board, and shall be subject to the visi- tation and examination equally of the president of the board of school commissioners of each county, uniting to establish the school.
Ibid s 4. What to consti- tute a high school fund how used.	73. The state donations now made to academies and schools, consisting of annual appropriations to each county, and now divided among several acade- mies or paid to the school commissioners for the general school fund, shall constitute, together with such other donations as from time to time may be made, and annual appropriations by the county board, a high school fund, and be used by the board of school commissioners to aid in paying the salary of the principal and other teachers of the high school.