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PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. — .

Other duties.

once in counties having more; he shall observe the
method of the teacher, and give him such practical
suggestions as the circumstances may prompt; he
shall, whenever possible, attend public examinations
and report quarterly in detail the result of his obser-
vations to the board of county school commissioners ;

Compensation.

he shall receive as compensation for his services as
treasurer, secretary and examiner, such sum, payable
quarterly, by the school commissioners out of the school
fund of each county, as the board of school county com-
missioners shall in their judgment deem proper.

CHAPTER II.
State Normal School.

Where located
and its objects.

SEC. 1. There shall be located in the city of Balti-
more a state normal school for the instruction and
practice of teachers in the science of education, the art
of teaching, and the mode of governing schools. For
the government of the normal school and the election
of the principal and professors thereof, the governor
shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the
senate appoint, at the present session of the general
assembly of Maryland, and at every regular session

Trustees of the
Maryland state
normal school.

thereafter, three persons to be styled the board of trus-
tees of the Maryland state normal school; said board

Treasurer.

shall elect a treasurer, who shall also be the secretary,
at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, who

Bond.

shall give bond in such amount as the board may

Principal, &c.

direct. The principal of said school shall receive a
salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, pay-
able quarterly, and the professors and teachers of the
model school shall receive such salaries as the board
may decide.

Sessions nor-
mal school,
where held

2. The sessions of the state normal school, until
otherwise provided for by the state, shall be held in
such building as the state board may select, the rent to
be charged among the incidental expenses.

Faculty.

3. The faculty of the state normal school shall con-
sist of the principal and of two male and two female